Verifying and citing your sources is essential to respect copyright, to recognize and promote the work of other scholars, and to avoid plagiarism.
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Plagiarism, in fact, means presenting another author's work as if it were your own. Of course, in research and academic writing, you can draw inspiration from other sources, as long as you cite the original work.
Here are some helpful tips to avoid plagiarism:
- use more than one source to develop your argument;
- use quotation marks for direct quotations;
- write down the bibliographic details of the sources you've consulted;
- refer to the bibliography.