Avoiding Plagiarism
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 Reference examples
 In-text examples:
Even if you paraphrase another
person’s ideas in your own words,
it is still that person’s ideas.
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Is this a Clone?
Barry, J. S. (2014). Crowdsourcing in the 21st
century. CPA Journal, 84(4), 5. Retrieved
from http://search.ebscohost.com/
login.aspx?direct=true&
db=buh&AN=95569690&site=bsi-live
In her article on
crowdsourcing, she states that
“[g]eography, age, gender and
socioeconomic boundaries
disappear on the Internet”
(Barry, 2014, p. 5).
Is this a Find-Replace?
Barry, J. S. (2014). Crowdsourcing in the 21st
century. CPA Journal, 84(4), 5. Retrieved
from http://search.ebscohost.com/
login.aspx?direct=true&
db=buh&AN=95569690&site=bsi-live
Everyone’s
geography, age,
gender and social
status disappear on
the Internet.
Is this a 404 Error?
Barry, J. S. (2014). Crowdsourcing in the 21st
century. CPA Journal, 84(4), 5. Retrieved
from http://search.ebscohost.com/
login.aspx?direct=true&
db=buh&AN=95569690&site=bsi-live
In Barry’s
crowdsourcing article,
the author says
“[g]eography, age,
gender and
socioeconomic
boundaries disappear
on the Internet”
(Fallon, 2014, p. 1).
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