The Concept of Plagiarism.

Abstract

The article reports on plagiarism. Topics discussed include the meaning of plagiarism, its several types, and the causes of plagiarism on students such as meeting the deadline of school projects and failure to identify the boundaries of plagiarism. Also mentioned are the strategies to avoid plagiarism such as the giving of credit when using another person's opinion, idea, and theory, using of quotations to all ideas that comes directly from the text, and proper use of paraphrasing.