CLASS 10 · LEARNING KNOWLEDGE

Source work, quoting and avoiding plagiarism – basic principles

How it works

Source work includes the correct use, quoting and documenting of other people's ideas, texts, images or data. Verbatim quotations must be clearly marked as such and provided with an exact source reference. Plagiarism arises when content from others is taken over without appropriate marking. Depending on the requirements, there are different citation methods that must be followed consistently. Paraphrases, too, require a source reference. The aim is to respect intellectual property and ensure that one's own work can be traced.

Note
Other people's ideas, formulations, images or data must always be correctly identified as a quotation or paraphrase with a complete source reference in order to avoid plagiarism.

An example

Which version correctly identifies the verbatim quotation ‹Lesen erweitert den Horizont›?

Only the version that puts ‹Lesen erweitert den Horizont› in quotation marks and gives a source reference, for example with author, year and page, is correct. This makes it clear that it is someone else's verbatim quotation.

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Own explanation and own practice exercises by AmyMath. Subject reference framework: German. The topic assignment may vary by federal state.