Plagiarism and the Literature Review
Almost every year that I’ve assigned an annotated bibliography assignment, one of my students has made the fateful mistake of copying phrases or sentences from the abstracts of the articles (or from the text of the article) they have listed. Please make sure that in your annotated bibliography and in your literature review, you always use quotation marks to indicate language that isn’t yours or you may also paraphrase.
For advice about how to paraphrase or use quotation marks, please see these guides:
- “Quoting, Paraphrases, and Summarizing”
- “Using Quotations”
- “Paraphase and Summary”
- “Paraphrase: Write It In Your Own Words”
- “Verbs for Referring to Sources”
If you need help, please contact me or stop by the Writing Center.
In the past, I’ve had to give an F on the assignment when a student has plagiarized.
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