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Interdisciplinary Health Research: Plagiarism

Understanding Plagiarism

Plagiarism is best defined as the unacknowledged use of another person’s work. It is an ethical issue involving a claim of credit for work that the claimant did not create. One can plagiarize someone else’s work regardless of the copyright status of that work.

There are different online tools that can help with identifying possible plagiarism errors. Below are some plagiarism checkers. Some are free and others require a subscription fee. 

How to Avoid Plagiarism

Purdue Owl

The information below will be helpful when your writing must include information from books, articles, or any other type of source.  Click on the image below to be redirected to Purdue Owl for how to avoid plagiarism, citation examples and help.

APA 7 is the most current edition of APA format.

 

 

University Writing Center

If you need writting assistance and/or need to have your bibliography reviewed for proper citation; visit the UTEP Writing Center, located on the 2nd (entry) floor of the library.

map of the second floor of the library

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