RCP 502 - Rehabilitation Counseling Research & Program Evaluation: Citations / Plagiarism

Rehabilitation Counseling writing often uses APA Style to cite sources.  APA style is typically used in the social sciences.  APA generally recommends in-text citations that refer readers to a list of references.

See our Writing/Citing Guide to explore other options.

pla⋅gia⋅rism

(plā'jə-rĭz'əm)

to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own: use (another's production) without crediting the source: to commit literary theft: prsent as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source.

- Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, eleventh ed. 2003.

Intentional & Unintentional

Intentional: deliberate copying or use of another's work without giving credit, submitting a paper from the Internet, another student, or a previous course as one’s own original work, or altering or falsifying citations to hide sources
Unintentional: not properly citing sources, overall sloppy research and note-taking, or cutting and pasting from electronic resources without revision.

When in doubt:

1. Introduce the source
2. Cite the source
3. List the source on a reference page