The best tool to avoid plagiarism is using the LAHC Citation Guides to create and insert quotations, paraphrasing, and in-text citations in your work.
1. Navigate to the appropriate citation style guide
2. Use the tabs at the top of the guide, (specifically the tabs listed below) to view specific examples:
3. Contact a LAHC Librarian!
Keep track of the sources you use so it will be easier for you to create the appropriate citations!
This Subject LibGuide will take you through the process of performing research in order to create an academic level research paper or project.
Navigate within this Subject LibGuide by using the horizontal tabs.
Let the journey begin, you are on your way to gather and analyze information!
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Many people think of plagiarism as copying another's work or borrowing someone else's original ideas. But terms like "copying" and "borrowing" can disguise the seriousness of the offense.
The Following Is Considered Plagiarism
Quoting vs Paraphrasing
Let's say that you want to introduce information from another source (a book, a journal article, or website, for example) into your paper. You could approach this by quoting the work directly or try to convey the information from the original source in your paper by rephrasing it in your own words. This latter approach is paraphrasing.
Paraphrasing Is A Valuable Skill
Paraphrasing includes the ideas or information from an original source in your paper by rephrasing those ideas or information in your own words. The key to successful paraphrasing is to use as few words as possible from the original text--be mindful not to change the meaning that you are trying to convey as you rephrase--and to cite your paraphrase. Without proper citation, your paraphrase could be construed as plagiarism.
Six steps to effectively paraphrasing along with a few examples can be found on the Purdue Online Writing Lab website:
Preventing Plagiarism
"Plagiarism 101." Plagiarism.org. iParadigms, LLC, 2015. Web. 22 Nov. 2015. <http://www.plagiarism.org/>.
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Proposed LAHC policy on Student Academic Honesty:
Los Angeles Harbor College is committed to preparing students to compete confidently and effectively in a rapidly changing, information-driven, technological global community. Students are expected to be honest and ethical. No acceptable rationale for dishonesty can be based on physical, emotional or learning challenges. The college expects that students do their own academic work. Acceptable academic conduct does not include cheating, plagiarism or any other unethical academic behavior.It is the student’s responsibility to know what conduct is academically honest.
