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Geological Sciences: Plagiarism

Research guide for geology

What is plagiarism and how to avoid it?

Plagiarism: How To Avoid It

More information on plagiarism

  • FIVE types of Plagiarism
    This webpage provides examples of the five different types of plagiarism.
  • How to avoid Plagiarism
    This website provides tips on citing sources.
  • Purdue OWL: Avoiding Plagiarism
    This webpage provides learning activities to help avoid plagiarism.
  • Turnitin in Canvas
    Turnitin is a plagiarism prevention tool that detects matches between students’ submitted assignments and existing works by others. It is built directly into Canvas, which eliminates the need to create a separate Turnitin account.

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