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What is plagiarism?

Plagiarism is the "theft of someone else's words, work or ideas" (McMillan 2001)^[1]

From a student handing in a paper that she/he has printed off the web or "borrowed" from a friend to a student copying whole passages from a book into his/her paper, plagiarism comes in varying degrees. The diagram on the right illustrates the varying degrees to which plagiarism may occur:

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Literature cited:

↑ McMillan, V.E. 2001. Writing papers in the biological sciences. Bedford/St. Martin's, Boston, Mass. Chart from: Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL). [ ] Actions that might be seen as plagiarism. Available from http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_plagiar.htm>. [Accessed August 2011. Note: chart from old version of site.](McMillan 2001).
↑ Chart from: Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL). [ ] Actions that might be seen as plagiarism. Available from http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_plagiar.htm>. [Accessed August 2011. Note: chart from old version of site.]

[1] McMillan, V.E. 2001. Writing papers in the biological sciences. Bedford/St. Martin's, Boston, Mass. Chart from: Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL). [ ] Actions that might be seen as plagiarism. Available from http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_plagiar.htm>. [Accessed August 2011. Note: chart from old version of site.](McMillan 2001).

[2] Chart from: Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL). [ ] Actions that might be seen as plagiarism. Available from http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_plagiar.htm>. [Accessed August 2011. Note: chart from old version of site.]

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