Plagiarism: Student Resources
UNC-Chapel Hill Writing Center
The UNC-Chapel Hill Writing Center offers online and on-campus help for students at any point in the writing process. They also offer handouts and links to other writing resources.
Writing Center Plagiarism Handout
This handout, provided by the UNC-Chapel Hill Writing Center, covers a variety of topics including paraphrasing, determining if something is common knowledge, and other methods of avoiding plagiarism.
UNC-Chapel Hill University Libraries
UNC-Chapel Hill University Libraries offers a tutorial on avoiding plagiarism and the correct way to cite works using both MLA and APA formats. Students can take a quiz at the end of the tutorial to assess their understanding of the material.
UNC-Chapel Hill Honor Court
UNC-Chapel Hill's Honor Court lists the responsibilities and rights of students. The chronology of a case and appellate procedures are also outlined on the student information site.
NCSU Libraries
NC State University Libraries Plagiarism Tutorial is designed to help students navigate the often-confusing rules, regulations, and law regarding plagiarism in academic situations.
Purdue Writing Center
Purdue Writing Center offers tips on how to avoid accidental plagiarism. The site includes information on documenting sources and techniques students can use during the research and writing process to ensure that credit is attributed to original authors.
UC Davis
UC Davis's "Avoiding Plagiarism Mastering the Art of Scholarship" provides detailed guidelines for how to avoid plagiarism and how to cite sources correctly with effective examples.
Indiana University
Indiana University Writing Tutorial Services' "Plagiarism: What It is and How to Recognize and Avoid It" provides examples of acceptable and unacceptable paraphrasing and explains why each example is or isn't considered plagiarism. Other topics include common knowledge and strategies for avoiding plagiarism.


