Paraphrasing

Paraphrasing & Avoiding Plagiarism

Watch my series of 3 video presentations for UNC about paraphrasing and plagiarism!

Further reading on paraphrasing and plagiarism:

• The UNC-Chapel Hill Writing Center has an excellent handout on paraphrasing and plagiarism
• The UNC Libraries have useful tutorials on information ethics and citations
• Purdue’s Online Writing Lab has good information on paraphrasing

The following sites contain extracts for you to practice paraphrasing:

• this page on Purdue’s Online Writing Lab has some good examples (and answers — but don’t read them yet!)
• here are some exercises from the University of Houston-Victoria in Texas. Obviously, don’t email your answers to their tutor as directed!

For more help with citations and style guides

• Good summaries of the different styles guides are available from the UNC Library and the Purdue Online Writing Lab
• Search the Database of Instructions to Authors (publication requirements, style, guides, etc) from the Mulford Library at the University of Toledo — an essential source for scientific writers.