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Avoiding Plagiarism

I just want to remind you, once again, that you must take careful notes when conducting your research. Duke's library has a page on avoiding plagiarism that I'd like for you all to read. Here's another site from Louisiana Tech's online writing center.

A general rule is to always print out a copy of whatever you are working with. In fact, you are required to turn in a copy of every source you use with every quote and paraphrase highlighted.

Also, for every source you use in your paper, we'll create a notecard with a citation and summary. This information will be used to compile an Annotated Bibiliography, something you have to do in many classes in college. Basically, an annotated bibliography is a list of citations of your sources (as they will appear in the Works Cited page) with a summary of each source, focused only on the material you used from that source. I've linked an example for you.

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