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Researching on the Internet

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Researching on the Internet

The Internet delivers primary, secondary, and tertiary sources.

Avoiding Plagiarism

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Avoiding Plagiarism

So far we’ve talked about research as the process of gathering information. But the flip side is organizing what you’ve learned and making it available to others. Research is actually a dialogue in which people build upon each other’s work to advance the cause of knowledge for everyone. Plagiarism—which means using other people’s ideas without crediting them—stifles that dialogue. Citation is a way of giving credit to your sources.