Plagiarism (IIT) Acts of plagiarism turning in someone else's work as your own; copying words or ideas from someone else without giving credit; failing to put a quotation in quotation marks; giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation; changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving credit;and copying so many words or ideas from a source that it makes up the majority of your work, whether you give credit or not(see our section on"fair use"rules) MOST CASES OF PLAGIARISM CAN BE AVOIDED BY CITING SOURCES!!! Simply acknowledging that certain material has been borrowed and providing your audience with the information necessary to find that source is usually enough to prevent plagiarism.See our section on citation for more information on how to cite sources properly.Plagiarism (III) Acts of plagiarism • turning in someone else's work as your own; • copying words or ideas from someone else without giving credit; • failing to put a quotation in quotation marks; • giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation; • changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving credit; and • copying so many words or ideas from a source that it makes up the majority of your work, whether you give credit or not (see our section on "fair use" rules) MOST CASES OF PLAGIARISM CAN BE AVOIDED BY CITING SOURCES!!! Simply acknowledging that certain material has been borrowed and providing your audience with the information necessary to find that source is usually enough to prevent plagiarism. See our section on citation for more information on how to cite sources properly