Why is Citing Sources Important?
What Should Be Cited?
What Citation Style Should be Used?
Ask your instructor for the style preferred for the course. Usually, different disciplines use specific citation styles:
Plagiarism is presenting the words or ideas of others as your own without acknowledging the source. If you don't acknowledge or cite the author, you are committing a form of theft, called plagiarism. The following 2 tutorials and 2 videos will help you learn how to avoid committing this academic crime.
This video from Films on Demand describes in detail how you can avoid academic plagiarism.
Plagiarism 2.0: Information Ethics in the Digital Age