Journal 4

In chapter 6 from the Bedford Researcher, I learned about taking notes and how to avoid plagiarism. One way to do so is to quote directly and make sure your notes match the original source exactly and idenity the source and list the page number it came from. I also read about paraphrasing. Even though you are changing the words of the information you read, you still must cite the source because the information is not your own. This is an important thing to remember! Chapter 7 also talks about plagiarism and how unintentional plagiarism is still likely to have consequences. I learned some ways to avoid plagiarism. They are; take notes accurately, integrate quotations, paraphrases, and summaries into a document, and cite sources in the text and in a works cited or reference list.