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Kinesiology & Health : Style Guides

Provides a guide to resources available through the UW Libraries for Kinesiology & Health students & faculty.

Defining Plagiarism

What is plagiarism?

“To steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source.”
plagiarism. (2010). In Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary.Retrieved August 10, 2010, from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plagiarism

When should you cite your sources?

  1. If you directly quote a source
  2. If you paraphrase ideas from another person's work
  3. If you summarize ideas from another person's work

Types of plagiarism

Blending

  • Mixing words or ideas from an unacknowledged source in with your own words or ideas.
  • Mixing together uncited words and ideas from several sources into a single work.
  • Mixing together properly cited uses of a source with uncited uses.

Direct Plagiarism

  • A phrase or passage that is copied word for word, but not quoted.

Paraphrasing

  • Rephrasing another person’s work and inserting into your own work without acknowledging the original source.

Insufficient Acknowledgement

  • Half crediting source; whereby you acknowledge the author’s work the first time, but continue to use the author’s words without giving additional attribution.

Getting Started with APA

APA 7th Edition

Journal Article Citation:

Author, A. A. (Year). Title of article: Subtitle of article. Title of Journalvolume number(issue number),

          page numbers. doi: or URL of the journal's home page.

Basic APA In-Text Citation Example- Author and Date:

(Author Name, Year of publication)

 The effects of the study have been demonstrated in the trials (Abrams & Evans, 2007).

APA Online Guide

APA Citation Style is used when writing or citing works in the social sciences or business. The OWL website provides online guidance for the 7th and 6th editions.

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