Plagiarism means using someone else's ideas or words in your assignment and presenting them as your own. This is not allowed, and is seen as academic theft. Examples of sources that can be plagiarised include: books, journal articles, websites, course notes, and the assignments of fellow students.
Although plagiarism can be intentional (when you deliberately copy work), it is often unintentional; this is usually because referencing is badly done or not done at all. When reading for an assignment, always write down author, title and publishing details of a work when you take notes from it so you can acknowledge the ideas in your assignment. This must be done both in text, and in the reference list.
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