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Understanding Plagiarism

This online tutorial covers what plagiarism is, lists best practices concerning when to directly cite and how to paraphrase, includes critical thinking examples of good/poor paraphrasing and direct citing, and provides Butler Student Handbook information on plagiarism.

For Butler faculty to utilize the tutorial with its accompanying quiz in their classes, please contact Kenton Smith, Butler's Blackboard Administrator, to have the tutorial and quiz embedded in the Blackboard environment for the particular course. Kenton's contact information is: 940-8533, bbadmin@butler.edu. Detailed instructions about how the quiz is displayed in Blackboard is delineated in the instruction sheet:  Plagiarism Tutorial Directions.

If you have questions about the tutorial's content, contact:  Sally Neal, Associate Dean for Public Services, Butler Libraries, 940-9940, sneal@butler.edu.

To launch the Understanding Plagiarism tutorial, click here.