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The purpose of this guide is to help students, researchers, and faculty understand what plagiarism is, why it matters, and how to avoid it.

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What is Plagiarism?

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, plagiarism is:

  1. The action or practice of taking someone else's work, idea, etc., and passing it off as one's own; literary theft.
  2. A particular idea, piece of writing, design, etc., which has been plagiarized; an act or product of plagiary.

"plagiarism, n.". OED Online. 2024. Oxford University Press. 18 November 2024.

So, in a nutshell, taking credit for someone else's work, intentionally or unintentionally, constitutes plagiarism.

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