I am working on a paper for one of my classes and I'm kind of confused about something.
I remember when I was in middle school or something, one of my teachers told us that it's not plagairism if you can find the fact at at least 3 different webpages..because then that makes it general knowledge.
If I am writing a biography on someone obviously I won't need to cite their birth date, for example, but for other facts, even if I am able to find them at several other sites, will I need to cite that? I mean, if it's general information about somebodies life, I won't need to give the author credit for that information, correct?
My teacher is only asking for two different sources......
Bah, I am just very confused about how much you are and are not supposed to cite.
Any help would be greatly appreciated :)
2007-03-04
10:56:19
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