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GNST 4350: Interdisciplinary Project

This guide is specific to completing the Project Outline, Project Research (Problem and Audience), and Project Research (Format and Minors) steps of the GNST 4350 Interdisciplinary Project.

Excelsior OWL

The Excelsior OWL (Online Writing Lab) has helpful citation formatting for

Ways to Avoid Plagiarism

Here's how to avoid plagiarism: 

Simply give credit where credit is due.  When you use information from other people's work, cite it.  Our citation guide will help you use:

Direct quote

  • If you want to use a sentence or a passage exactly as it was written, you can include a direct quote, surrounded by quotation marks, and cite it by referencing the author and work of origin.

Summary/Paraphrase

  • You can also write a summary in your own words of the ideas or (or paraphrase) the text you want to use. It helps to write the summary from your memory rather than looking directly at the passage.

Writing a summary and paraphrasing can be tricky as you MUST put the information in your own words, so to learn more about avoiding plagiarism, read the Plagiarism Guide.