Citations should allow readers or viewers to assess the information’s reliability. This provides others the opportunity to expand on the information through further research or to correct it and to give the original’s creator the 'honour' and respect they deserve. The writing and ideas of others may not appear in your document without a source citation. If you fail to give proper credit, you will commit plagiarism.
If you use another's work, you are required to cite the copyright. For the most part, students commit plagiarism unwittingly. As such, it is much more effective to be safe (plagiarism prevention) than sorry (plagiarism detection).
Definition of plagiarism
Plagiarism entails acquiring others’ work of identical or slightly modified form without providing proper citation.
Explanation:
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Plagiarism can be recognised by:
Plagiarism can also be detected digitally by typing in part of one or multiple suspect sentences in a search engine or by using software specifically designed to detect text duplications, known as plagiarism detection software.