Plagiarism & Refrencing

Plagiarism

Dictionary: an act or instance of using or closely imitating the language and thoughts of another author without authorization and the representation of that author's work as one's own, as by not crediting the original author.

My Own Version: Copying someone’s work without stating the source of the information.

Referencing

Dictionary: an act or instance of referring.

My Own Version: Stating the source somewhere on the piece of work.

Dictionary Source: http://dictionary.reference.com/

Plagiarising: http://everydaylife.globalpost.com/can-happen-student-found-guilty-plagiarism-4283.html

If you plagiarise, it might affect you finding a job, and in university you might be down graded or worst, expelled.  Writers that were find plagiarising had their books taken off the market.