Our Blinn College Concourse syllabus includes this information in the Grading Standards section: “The No-Credit Paper (0) demonstrates one or more of the following serious errors:  plagiarized content in any form, including the failure to acknowledge the source of any borrowed material (summarized, paraphrased, and directly quoted) and unmarked exact wording (directly quoted from either a primary or a secondary source), whether a specific well-chosen word, a phrase (two or more words), a clause, or full sentence(s);” So according to this part of the syllabus, which of the following would be considered plagiarized?

The General guidelines list for works cited found on page 175 defines a DOI as what?

MLA-4b includes a list of works cited formats, but also explains its concept of “containers”. After considering the explanation on page 171, if you found an eBook on the EBSCO Database that the Blinn Library subscribes to, which label would best describe it?

MLA-2b is about understanding what plagiarism is. Read through the section on page 145 to better understand what needs to be cited. According to this explanation, common knowledge does not need to be cited. 

According to the How to Paraphrase effectively section on page 150, it is not necessary to fully understand the source in order to effectively paraphrase. 

MLA Style is explained on page 139 at the beginning of the section. Students have to follow three important conventions to be in compliance with MLA style. Which of the following is NOT one of those conventions?

MLA-3c has a section on using signal phrases in MLA papers. Students are encouraged to vary either the language or the placement of signal phrases, but not both.  

According to A Writer’s Reference MLA-2b, which acts are considered plagiarism?

Every channel of distribution, from the simplest to the most complex, begins with the producer and ends with either the consumer or the business user.

What might a doctor use to put an elevated PSA in perspective for an older individual?