LibGuides: APA: Plagiarism

What is plagiarism?

Plagiarism is the practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as your own. Whether deliberate or unintentional, plagiarism violates ethical standards and can result in rejected publications; censure from work; failing assignments; or being expelled from your institution.

Academic Integrity

Following citation style rules helps protect you from unintentionally plagiarizing someone else's work. To learn more about plagiarism, please see Nebraska Methodist College's website on academic integrity .

How to Avoid Plagiarism

Avoid plagiarism by citing your sources using author-date in-text citations. This allows your readers to trace your ideas to the original source. You can cite your works by quoting or paraphrasing .

Make sure that your in-text citations match your references page.

Important Links

Avoiding Plagiarism Guide

Common forms of plagiarism

Complete plagiarism	Submit another authors' work in your name
Direct plagiarism	Copy text from another document word-for-word
Source-based plagiarism	Reference an incorrect or non-existent source
Self or auto plagiarism	Reuse a major part of your own work without permission or citation
Paraphrasing plagiarism	Making minor changes without citing original author
Accidental plagiarism	Unintentional paraphrasing or copying due to neglect