one-page essay on plagiarism. This is an issue that arises perennially, especially for students who are early in their programmes, and that causes unnecessary grief for students, TAs and professors.
**In your essay, you are expected to explain what plagiarism is and why it is a problem.
**You are also expected to describe how fair credit is to be attributed to the work of others in your writing assignments.
**How are the published works of others (books, papers, etc.) cited correctly?
** What are the acceptable ways to quote verbatim from the work of others? You should include examples in your essay. (hint: look at a published paper in any peer-refereed journal to see how citations are made and quotations are formatted.)