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What is Plagiarism? Do you have it???
Plagiarism is like the flu. There are lots of different strains, and lots of ways to be infected by it! Bottom line, plagiarism is an unethical use of someone else's work: not giving credit where credit is due, giving credit--but not in a correct format, passing off someone else's work as if it were your own. Like the flu, plagiarism should be avoided! If you need to be innoculated against the plagiarism bug, check out this web site: