Dissertation Guide for Undergraduate & Postgraduate Students

According to Merriam Webster Online notes that:

"plagiarized is to steal and pass off (the ideas of others or words of another) as one's own; use (another's production) without crediting the sources".

it also defines it as

"literary theft..!!!"

In simple words, plagiarism is taking someone else's ideas or words.!!! No matter how, either it is intentionally or not, then presenting it as your own ideas or words. As a undergraduate or postgraduate students, we cannot mature as a innovator, real student, scholar, thinker, and truly person if we steal ideas or words from someone else..!!! In addition, our university (UiTM, MALAYSIA) have strict rules regarding to this problems. If any student plagiarizes their works, our university integrity and image will be called into question first...!!!

So, how to avoid plagiarism...???

In order to avoid plagiarism "culture" in our university or academic works, we should cite quotes and any sources of information correctly. How, how, how and how...??? The safest way to avoid plagiarism is to know what you need to cite, and also cite it correctly...!!!

For further reading and information, you can also refer to the following links:
1. http://library.duke.edu/research/plagiarism/cite/index.html
2. http://www.genealogy.com/19_wylie.html
3. http://cmsad.um.edu.my/images/ips/doc/rules_regulations/How_To_Avoid_Plagiarism_A_Handbook_For_Postgraduate_Students.pdf
4. http://www.tlt.psu.edu/plagiarism/tutorial/cutpaste


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