Battling Plagiarism

Find out what plagiarism is, why & how you should avoid it, and learn more about writing, citations & copyright.

What is plagiarism?

    use (another's production) without crediting the source

Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary

  • Submitting material that in part or whole is not entirely one's own work without proper attribution. Plagiarism is further defined as the use, without giving reasonable and appropriate credit to or acknowledging the author or source, of another person's original work, whether such work is made up of code, formulas, ideas, language, research, strategies, writing or other form(s).

Source: NPS Academic Honor Code (PDF)

You are committing plagiarism if you use content from another source without giving credit.  It does not matter whether or not you intended to plagiarize. 

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