When a paper is written that uses a source, correct documentation needs to be made. It is known that people stand to gain from using correct documentation by showing that they are in a community of scholars. By borrowing someone"s words you are also borrowing their expertise on the subject. To acknowledge an author shows also that you know who the experts are. "Plagiarism is the use of someone else"s words or ideas as if they were one"s own" (Gorrell 551). Correct documentation should be used when summarizing, paraphrasing, or using a direct quotation from a source.

             One must not get carried away when summarizing information from a text. When summarizing text, it is very important to make sure that the person or persons that originally wrote the piece is given credit. Without giving acknowledgement to someone else"s work, a detailed summary can be construed as an act of thievery, or plagiarism. .

             "When paraphrasing, you must rewrite the original passage in your own words. More is required than just changing the order of words a bit and inserting several synonyms"(Frew 183). Once again it is not illegal to use someone else"s work as long that person is being acknowledged.

             When using a direct quote from a text it most definitely must be acknowledged. "Forgetting to use quotation marks around a quoted passage creates the appearances that you have plagiarized the material-even if you have documented the passage"(Frew 184).

             "If you intentionally steal another person"s thoughts, ideas, words, or data and use them as your own, you are plagiarizing. Plagiarism is absolutely not condoned, and being caught plagiarizing may result in your failing a course, or worse"(Frew 187). .

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