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How do I know if I plagiarized?

Quick Quiz

Have you done any of the following:

  • forgotten where your source information came from?
  • neglected to attribute a quote in your paper to a specific author?
  • "paraphrased" information from a source by changing the words around?
  • copied and pasted information from a web site directly into your paper with no attribution/citation?
  • forgotten to put quotes around a statement taken directly from another source?
  • quoted and/or paraphrased an author without attaching a Work Cited page to illustrate where the source came from?


If you answered YES to any of the above questions, you have plagiarized a portion of your paper. Get help from any of the following sources and fix the problem: