Plagiarism - the misrepresentation of authorship

It is vital that you acknowledge any information source you use. If you do not cite the source of your information (from a book, article, website), then you may be accused of plagiarism.

Examples of plagiarism include: 

• Paraphrasing or rewording someone else's work and presenting it as your own

• Using someone else's original ideas or data without citation

• Re-using your old essays and representing them as new

Being party to someone else's plagiarism (by allowing them to copy your work or by otherwise helping them plagiarise work for an assessment) is also dishonest practice.

   

Read the University of Otago Plagiarism guidelines