Plagiarism

To avoid being accused of plagiarism, just follow a set of rules:http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif

* Check parts of your work with plagiarism-checking software in order for it not to resemble any other work. If it finhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifds similarity, apply alterations.http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif
* Always put abstracts of other people’s works into quotation marks; if you refer to another work, always mention it and its author.
* If your paper is based on another work,http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif always apply changes sufficient for them to at least look differently.http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif
* Don’t quote too often; although your work is supposed to be based on some ground, you may be denounced of having no thoughts of your own.
* But of course, the main and the best rule to avoid problems in what concerns plagiarism is not to use it. Believe us – it doesn’t worth it.

Being caught with plagiarism means a bad mark only in high school; during later stages of your academic studies it may mean expulsion and/or great damage for reputation.
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