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Psychology Research Guide

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Avoiding Plagiarism

Plagiarism is defined in the Texas A&M University-San Antonio's Procedure for Academic Dishonesty Cases (April 19, 2010) as:

"Plagiarism - A student can be accused of academic dishonesty if he/she uses the ideas, data or language of another without specific or proper acknowledgment."

These websites below offer ways to better understand plagiarism and how to avoid it:

Other Useful Guides

Turnitin

Turnitin is an online service that checks for similarities between your writing and that of others.  It is used as a way to detect possible plagiarism.  If your professor is using turnitin, you will submit your papers to turnitin in Blackboard.