Plagiarism is generally regarded as passing off someone else's words as one's own whether intentional or unintentional. Don't be a victim of one of these common forms of plagiarism:

    Copying an author's word without quotation marks and references.

    Copying and author's words with quotation marks but no 

    references.

    Paraphrasing and author's words without refrences.

A bibliography is an alphabetical list of the sources used to research and that were referred to in the paper. It also gives credit to the original sources and authors thereby avoiding plagiarism.

It’s not enough just to list sources at the end; one needs to show where the facts in the body were located. To show credit in the body of a research paper, use a parenthetical citation. The citation should provide just enough information to lead the reader to the full source listing in the bibliography. An author’s last name and a page number are usually enough. Check out the samples provided.

The placement of the source information in parentheses is usually at the end of the sentence or phrase in which you’ve used someone else’s words or ideas. Place it as near to the material as possible. The parenthetical reference comes before the punctuation mark that ends the sentence, clause, or phrase containing the original material.

Author’s Name in Text:

Desmond Morris notes that people from the Mediterranean prefer an elbow-to-shoulder distance (131).

Author’s Name in Reference:

People from the Mediterranean prefer an elbow-to-shoulder distance (Morris 131).

A major benefit of using Hyde Park's online databases is the inclusion of citations at the bottom of each document.