1) Are you using your own independent material (i.e., material that reflects your own thoughts, opinion)?
□ Yes □ No
If Yes, OK. If No, you need to CITE.
2) Are you using common knowledge (i.e., something that everyone knows)?
3) Are you using someone else’s independent material (i.e., material NOT your own thoughts)?
If Yes, you need to CITE. If No, OK.
4) Do all the quotations exactly match their source?
If Yes, well done! If No, you need to make sure they are correctly matched.
5) Have you used your own words and sentence structures for every paraphrase and summary related to another’swork?
If Yes, well done! If No, you need to make sure you use quotation marks around the author’s/authors’ words.
6) Have you included an in-text citation for every paraphrase and summary related to another’s work?
If Yes, well done! If No, you need to make sure you create an in-text citation for each reference to another’s work, even when you put that idea into your own words.
7) Does your list of References include all the sources you have mentioned in your paper?
If Yes, well done! If No, you need to make sure all of the sources you mention in your paper are listed on the References page.
Source: Erin K. Elgin, Business Instructor on Iowa City Campus as published in the Kirkwood Community College Libraries' Plagiarism LibGuide.
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