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Real World Examples
Think plagiarism is just an issue for college students writing research papers? Hardly! Here are real-world examples of celebrities being accused of plagiarizing:
Ann Coulter, Barack Obama, Coldplay
Positive Benefits of Properly Citing Materials
- It separates your own thoughts from others
- It helps readers see and retrieve the sources you used
- It shows how your resources fit together as a scholarly conversation
- It gives credit to those who create the work
- It shows that you can synthesize the ideas and opinions of others
- It marks you as an ethical learner
- It demonstrates that you are careful, thoughtful, and can think critically
- It helps you avoids disciplinary actions related to plagiarism
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