Plagiarism - When you present someone else's work or ideas as your own. 

Plagiarism can be accidental or intentional cheating. Plagiarism is taken seriously as a form of academic misconduct, and it is important to make sure that you acknowledge when information you are presenting comes from other people or authors. Citations are an essential part of your paper or presentation.

Plagiarism can be:

• Copying someone's words without giving them credit;
• Quoting somebody's words incorrectly or out of context;
• Using or repeating someone's ideas or concepts without giving them credit;
• Submitting your own paper in more than one course or in a course you are repeating without permission of the instructors (known as self-plagiarism);
• Misrepresenting someone's ideas or concepts;
• Copying images or music without permission or without proper attribution;
• Citing incorrectly - citing the wrong source or having incomplete or inaccurate citations;
• Intentionally presenting someone else's work as your own;
• Failing to acknowledge the contribution of others in work produced collaboratively.

From Brock University Library