REL 3366: Advanced Studies in Western Religion

Here's how to avoid plagiarism: 

Simply give credit where credit is due: present information other people's work in the body of your paper.  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.

How violators WILL be caught:

• The quality of writing is inconsistent.
• Writing includes specialized vocabulary that is inconsistant with the student's level of knowledge.
• The paper cites references that are not included in the reference list (works cited).
• Anti-plagiarism software is readily available to instructors to make catching plagiarism cases easy.
• The reference list is incomplete.