The University of West Georgia Department of English has assembled  these resources to help combat the problem of plagiarism by clarifying what plagiarism is and offering suggestions as to how it might be discouraged, avoided, and detected.

Student Resources

Plagiarism can result when students are unaware of the proper methods of acknowledging and documenting sources. To help avoid unintentional plagiarism, the English Department recommends the following resources:

• Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing
• Here you will find instructions for making effective use of source material as well as the definitions of and distinctions between quoting, paraphrasing and summarizing, courtesy of the Purdue University online Writing Lab.
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• Avoiding Plagiarism: This guide, also brought to you by the Purdue University Online Writing Lab , explains the "how to's" of avoiding plagiarism.