Referencing Guide: Plagiarism

Plagiarism is the presentation, without any form of acknowledgment, the ideas or words of another writer as if they were your own. This is more than just another form of cheating. It is literary theft. It is stealing someone else's work.

General information on referencing
Links to the CDU approved style guides
Information about EndNote referencing software

As a student, part of your university education involves learning how to evaluate information thoughtfully in order to use it to create your own original work.

from the University of Wisconsin.

These materials will help you avoid plagiarism by teaching you how to properly integrate information from published sources into your own writing.

created by the University of Sydney.

Each module provides descriptions of common problems in academic and professional writing and strategies for addressing them. You will see samples of good writing and also do some practice activities in error correction.

Guidelines for the presentation of a thesis for Higher Degree by Research at Charles Darwin University.

from the Reed University

ALLSP can help with learning the skills you need to:
•understand your assignments
•know what standard of work is required
•know how to get the grades you want
•express yourself better in writing
•produce academic work

The ALLSP study skills site has a wealth of information on academic skills, such as note taking, drafting essays and, academic writing.

A range of workshops are available on academic writing. Workshops are also archived and available to watch.