To plagiarize is to use someone else's work, whether published or unpublished, thru direct quotation or paraphrase, without giving credit to the author. Copy-pasting directly from the Internet or from online works is also plagiarism
Check the Student Academic Responsibilities section of the Hiram College Catalog for the definition of plagiarism and its repercussions.
The Hiram College Writing Center's Style Guide also provides resources to help you avoid plagiarism.
This page from Purdue University should help you avoid plagiarism:
Quoting, paraphrasing and summarizing
And several more pages from Purdue University to hone your skills at paraphrasing:
The Goblin Threat game was created by Mary Broussard with assistance on question writing from Jessica Urich.
Some content on this Course Guide was adapted from Dr. Clevenger's course guide collaboration with librarian Brian Sacolic at Wilkes University and Dr. Clevenger's course guide collaboration with librarian Aaron Dobbs at Shippensburg University.