American Psychology Association (APA): The Basics
To avoid plagiarism, the intentional or unintentional theft of intellectual property of others, a person must familiarize himself or herself at minimum with the basics of citation. To cite your sources of information when you write means that you give credit to the person or persons who first published the intellectual property you are now making use of. Here, intellectual property should be understood to be intangible creations which includes patents, copyrights, etc. If you fail to give credit to your sources, it may be considered a criminal act of plagiarism. Whether it was done wilfully or unwittingly is irrelevant. You must be accountable in academic and other publishing spaces because you will be held responsible if caught. Be sure to cite your sources using in-text citation along with a corresponding works cited, bibliography or reference page. The type of citation you use will determine what you name that final...