Recognize your sources and keep track of them and acknowledge it to avoid plagiarism

After realizing what you want to do read and research the related material apprehend the entire concept and write the new ideas in your own words, Do not ever “copy-paste” if something is very relevant to your idea or thinking always quote it mentions the author, Quoting your source is necessary as it expresses that you acknowledge the author of whom you are writing from being it from an article or a webpage.

It comforts your audience or targeted readers to make them what is your source and from where you get your information, and when they want more material they can easily go to the source you have quoted from and get more information.

When you research read from more than one source it will help you not only advancing your ideas (as you get to read different points of view and researches) but also help you to avoid plagiarism.

Make sure that you read from appropriate and accurate resources whenever quoting or paraphrasing those source always cite them and track them, this will help you distinguish between your own work and others work, don’t leave it for later or for end work because you might forget or mix or you may not remember from where the quote begins and where it ends it will lead to incorrect or wrong citation and you will be guilty of unintentional plagiarism.

Learn Quoting, paraphrasing and Citing      

 Learn how and when to quote and paraphrase and prevent your work from jumbling or patchwork. When you have found the material which is perfect for your article do not ever copy-paste it understand the whole concept of your relevant material then write it in your own words you can use synonyms, change the adjectives, use proper punctuations, convert the digits into numbers vice versa, use brackets, this all will give your work a unique touch and whenever needed or necessary use quotation and always cite them immediately whenever you cite it.

For citing adopt the document formatting guidelines (i.e. APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.) or the one suggested by your organization whom you are writing for. If citing is note done accurately it will lead to plagiarism.

Use Referencing

To prevent your work from plagiarism referencing is one of the efficient ways. Include a reference page at the end where all your source work is cited and again follow the standard document formatting guidelines or of the organization that has requested your research.

Usually, references include very specific information about the author(s), date of publication, title, and source. Properly and accurately write references as directed in reference to writing format.

Utilize anti-plagiarism and grammar checkers

 You can use different plagiarism detection software such as cross-check to realize how many grammar mistakes are there and how much your paper is plagiarized and then you can remove them by the above-mentioned tips.

Summary

In this article, plagiarism is described and tips are discussed on how to write a plagiarism-free article which is mentioned above.

 Plagiarism Checker Resources:

• http://www.certiology.com/computing/converters-and-calculators/plagiarism-checker-tool.html
• https://www.calculatorology.com/plagiarism-checker/

Addison

Addison is a student of the Aust Abbottabad University of Science and Technology. He started his graduation in 2016 and graduated in 2020. I’m a professional article and blog writer, has written dozens of content on different topics and worked with professionals all over the globe. Feel free to contact me for any assistance. [email protected]