After gathering sources, you are ready to integrate them into your paper. This must be done in an ethical way to avoid plagiarism; not "to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source" (Merriam-Webster's Dictionary, 2024). 

Plagiarism is an important issue; one that Shasta College takes very seriously and can result in failing a course, dismissal from a program, or dismissal from the college.  Click here to read about the Shasta College Academic Honesty Policy.  

The good news is that plagiarism is avoidable. Below are resources to help:

• Follow this guide's tips!
  • Paraphrase and use your own words while still using proper in-text citation to give credit to where you got the idea.
  • Include quotations taken verbatim from your source with quotation marks and proper in-text citation to give credit. 
  • Then, list your sources you used in your paper as complete citations on the Works Cited page at the end of your paper. Every in-text citation should reference a citation on your Works Cited and every citation on your Works Cited page should be used/referenced in your paper.
• Make an appointment with a writing center tutor.  They will assist you in writing your paper, avoiding plagiarism, and using proper citation techniques.   You can also make an appointment with a librarian, who can help you construct proper citations for your reference page or bibliography. 
• As an option, you can try using a citation manager such as Zotero.org. Citation management tools help you collect references and notes as you do research. Citations generated by a computer should always be checked for errors.