Plagiarism

Plagiarism can be defined in so many ways. In a summary, plagiarism is simply taking credit for others ideas, words, or work as if they are yours. Many may wonder, how can I use information or ideas of another individual and it not be considered as plagiarism? If a student decides to use words or ideas that someone else came up with they can use quotation marks and cite where they retrieved this information. Give credit where credit is due. Plagiarism can be placed into several categories. They are: cyber-plagiarism, self-plagiarism, unconscious plagiarism, and intentional and unintentional plagiarism. The bad thing about all the different types of plagiarism is that you can be unaware of the fact that you are plagiarizing information; especially when dealing with self -plagiarism.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_dishonesty