Skip to Main Content

Avoiding Plagiarism: Quoting, Paraphrasing & Summarizing

This guide was created to explain plagiarism and also provide useful tips on how to avoid plagiarism.

Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing

Purdue OWL Resources:

Information about quoting, paraphrasing & summarizing
The web page includes definitions of all and exercises to improve your understanding of the differences.
Paraphrase Exercises
Exercises to practice paraphrasing.

Additional Info:

Handout from Aquinas College Library
This guide shows a nice chart of when to quote, paraphrase or summarize.

Paraphrasing Example

This is a short video on how to paraphrase a paragraph of an article you've found. This was produced by EasyBib.