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An Overview: The Research Process Tutorial

The research process is complex and multilayered. This tutorial provides an overview and some practical strategies you can use.

What is Plagiarism?

The Council of Writing Program Administrators gives the following definition:

"In an instructional setting, plagiarism occurs when a writer deliberately uses someone else’s language, ideas, or other original (not common-knowledge) material without acknowledg­ing its source" (WPA, 2009).