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• Directly quote from a source (book, website, article, song, interview, etc.)
• Restate an author's idea, theory or opinion in any way; rewording, changing the order, or summarizing someone else's work without proper citations is plagiarism
• Use statistics, results or findings derived by another author or source
• Cite case studies, experiments, experimental methods, or results
• Insert visuals (charts, photos, drawings, videos or any image) not clearly labeled as free from copyright restriction

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