Plagiarism: Strategies

To avoid using too much of other peoples' words:

• Understand what you read and come up with your own point of view, argument, or discussion.
• Use as few quotes, paraphrases, or summaries as possible from the articles you have read.
• The purpose to quote, paraphrase, or summarize other people's works is only to support or emphasize your argument or point of view.
• Avoid letting others write the paper for you. Even parts of the paper.

• As you read the articles, write your ideas and thoughts about the article in the margins or in a notebook.
• Collect your ideas and thoughts from the margins and notebooks to write what you understand about the subject matter.
• If English is your second language, write your notes in your first language if that is more comfortable for you