WISE: What is plagiarism?

Plagiarism is: “… presenting as one’s own work the work of another, and includes the copying or paraphrasing of another person’s work in an assessment item without acknowledging it as the other person’s work through full and accurate referencing; it applies to research and to assessment (as defined in the Assessment Regulations 2005) presented through a written, spoken, electronic, broadcasting, visual, performance or other medium.” (University of Waikato Calendar, 2004, p.127 -128).

Guidelines for sourcing and referencing styles are available from Faculty/Schools of Studies and the Library.