What is Plagiarism?

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Plagiarism can be defined as copying someone else work and representing it as your own without their permission.

For example, if you are referring to an article on how to make money online and you find an article and you copy-paste the entire article without their permission and without giving the credit to the original article and you claim it as your article that comes under plagiarism.

Whether you copy someone's else works intentionally, or unintentionally but it comes under plagiarism.

Some points which can come under plagiarism.

• if you copy some music and pictures as using them as your own.
• copying article without any credit to the original work
• using copyrighted images in your article without permission.

Types of plagiarism.

• Direct plagiarism.

This plagiarism defines as copying the exact data without any changes and without adding your work and claim it as your work.

• Accidental plagiarism

By the name itself, it is clear that this type of plagiarism is not intended to copy someone else work but fails to follow the citation rules and regulations.

• Source-based plagiarism

In this plagiarism, You have taken a quote or some paragraph, which can help you in your work and you have given the credits to the original work but the link is missing or wrong addressed. This can be seen in research-based work or students' projects ^source

• Self Plagiarism

In this plagiarism, You have copied your own work and may be taken some help from the past work which can help you to create a new one.

How to check plagiarism

There are many websites or software which you can use to check the plagiarism in your work. Some are paid or some are free to use. Here is the list.

• Copyscape
• Smallseotools
• Duplichecker
• Plagiarismdetector.net

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