Avoid plagiarism. Strategies to avoid plagiarism: 1. Use ation marks around an author's exact words and include a citation of the source. Using ation marks around direct es when taking notes will help ensure that they are treated as es in the final document or project. 2.Revised plagiarism often involves using someone else's words or ideas without properly citing them, but you can also plagiarize yourself. Self-plagiarism involves reusing work that you have already published or submitted to a course. This may involve: Resubmitting an entire article. Copy or paraphrase passages from your previous work. Self-plagiarism involves reusing work that you have already published or submitted to a course. This may involve: Self-plagiarism misleads your readers by presenting previous work as completely new and original. If you want to include text, ideas, or data that you have already submitted in a previous assignment, be sure to let your readers know.