KP290 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Apa Style, American Psychological Association, Calendar Date
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Apa format: convention in research and academic writing. It is a set of rules that can be used against you unless you choose to become informed about proper referencing/plagiarism. In the undergraduate calendar plagiarism is listed with: Submitting the same piece of work, or a significant part thereof, for more than one course . Plagiarism: is the unacknowledged presentation, in whole or in part, of the work of others as one"s own, whether in written, oral, or other form, in an examination, report, assignment, thesis or dissertation. Plagiarism is stealing other people"s ideas and/or writing and presenting it as your own. Using someone else"s exact words without using quotation marks or a citation. Using someone else"s ideas without using a citation (even if the source is in the bibliography) Using rearranged words from a source without a citation. Using even one particular (distinct) word from a source without quotation marks (even with a citation)