Plagiarism involves presenting another's work as one's own without proper citation or credit. It includes copying words or ideas without attribution, failing to put quotations in quotation marks, and presenting someone else's work as original. Studies show that plagiarism is common, with around 80% of college students admitting to cheating and 36% admitting to plagiarism specifically. Many students also believe plagiarists are unlikely to face consequences.

1. Plagiarism
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2. What is Plagiarism?
According to the Merriam-Webster Online
Dictionary, to "plagiarize" means:
 to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another)
as one's own
 to use (another's production) without crediting the
source
 to commit literary theft
 to present as new and original an idea or product
derived from an existing source.

3. All of the following are considered plagiarism
 turning in someone else's
 changing words but
work as your own
copying the sentence
 copying words or ideas
structure of a source
from someone else without giving credit
without giving credit
 copying so many words
 failing to put a quotation
or ideas from a source
in quotation marks that it makes up the
 giving incorrect majority of your
information about the work, whether you give
source of a quotation credit or not (see our
section on "fair use"
rules)

4. Facts about Plagiarism
Here are some recent findings regarding plagiarism:
 A study by The Center for Academic Integrity found
that almost 80% of college students admit to cheating
at least once.
 According to a survey by the Psychological Record 36%
of undergraduates have admitted to plagiarizing
written material.
 A poll conducted by US News and World Reports found
that 90% of students believe that cheaters are either
never caught or have never been appropriately
disciplined.

5. Reference
 PlagiarismdotOrg Retrieved June 12, 2012 from
http://www.plagiarism.org/index.html