How to avoid Plagiarism?

Plagiarism is a form of fraud and universities are now equipped with software to detect it. The
prevention of plagiarism is therefore extremely important. Once the writing of
your thesis or dissertation has begun, you must work carefully to avoid plagiarism.

Write down all the sources you’ve used directly, quote and paraphrase them correctly, and
follow the rules of the quote style you should use.

Follow these 3 steps to avoid plagiarism

It’s pretty simple. You can avoid plagiarism if you follow the three steps below each time you
use a source:

1. Save the source directly.

2. Quote or paraphrase in the right way.
3. Mention the reference of the source by following the style of quotation which you must
use in the bibliography (list of references).

1. Save the source

In a thesis or dissertation, you will use several sources. To keep an overview, it is important to
record the sources you use as you go. You can then easily find your sources and do not forget the
sources used.

Practical tip

 If you have consulted several sources on the Internet, it is useful to add these pages to
your favorites (make a bookmark). You can make a separate folder in which you add all
those pages.

2. Quote or paraphrase
Once you have decided to use a source, you have two options:

 To quote.
 Paraphrase.

The rules for citation and paraphrase are independent of the citation style (APA, Chicago …)
you use and they relate to how you treat the sources in your text. So, this has nothing to do with
your bibliography.

Practical advice

 To clearly distinguish between your own ideas and the ideas of others, you can highlight
the text with ideas that are not yours when writing.
 For sources that you use often, you can choose different colors. By doing so, you will be
able to see immediately where the sources are in your text.
 Add a comment in Word, about the source of your source and if you need to rephrase or
paraphrase the excerpt. Do not remove the comment until the text is written in your own
words, you have added the source in the text and in the bibliography.

3. Reference the source

Whenever you use an idea from a source, refer to this source in the bibliography is
necessary. The way to write the source in bibliography depends on the style of quotation you use.

Check with your university to find out which style of quotation you should use. Once you have
chosen your quote style, you will need to use this style throughout your work.

Practical advice

 Note immediately the reference of the source of any idea that interests you: in this way,
you will never forget the source.
 Do not fully format the source according to the rules of your citation style until the final
phase of writing your work.
Finalize your memory
Step 1: Write down all your sources correctly according to the quote style

Now that you are almost done, it is important that you write the references to your sources
according to the rules of your quote style.

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