print email comment close Avoiding Plagiarism URL: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/589/01/ Description: The Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL) offers this page on how students can avoid plagiarism. Provides a brief overview of contradictions in academic writing, actions that might be seen as plagiarism, and guidelines for researching, quoting, paraphrasing, and deciding whether something is common knowledge. Includes exercises. Publisher: Purdue University Online Writing Lab Library of Congress Subject Headings: Authorship -- Moral and ethical aspects Authorship -- Study and teaching Plagiarism LII Database Information: Record 3997 created by Sue Kamm on 06/02/2004 Last modification on 05/01/2007 Published: 06/02/2004   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/3997