Plagiarism: Home

Test your plagiarism savvy, or learn more about what it is, why it's a problem, and how you can avoid it.

• Academic Integrity Tutorial for Undergraduates (Fairfield U)
• Giving Credit Where Credit is Due: Attribution and Citation (UMGC)
• Plagiarism (Northern Illinois U)
• Plagiarism Movie (Rutgers)
• Quiz: What Is Plagiarism at Indiana University?
• Plagiarism Quiz (Turn It In)

Anne Arundel Community College’s Academic Integrity Policy defines plagiarism as “the unacknowledged or improperly cited adoption or reproduction of the ideas, words, data or statements of others, including fellow students and internet sources.”

In addition to explaining plagiarism and its consequences, these links contain examples of plagiarized text and provide suggestions for correctly paraphrasing, summarizing, and quoting sources:

• How to Avoid Plagiarism (Northwestern University)
• "Should I Cite This?": A Visual Guide from the Purdue OWL
• Understanding Citations, Plagiarism, and Paraphrasing (University of Virginia)

Click anywhere on the image to play The Plagiarism Game, produced by Snowden Library at Lycoming College.

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• Search our Frequently Asked Questions.
• Send us your question.
• Call us and leave a message: 410-777-2456
• Text us: 410-246-4212
• Make an appointment with a librarian online via the Virtual Writing Center. 

MLA-style and APA-style guidelines change over time, especially for citing sources accessed electronically.  For the most up-to-date information about how to cite sources correctly, visit these pages:

• MLA
• APA

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