If you want to re-use portions of a paper you wrote for a previous assignment or course, you need to take care to avoid self-plagiarism. The APA Manual (6th edition, p. 170) defines self-plagiarism as “the practice of presenting one's own previously published work as though it were new." This includes entire papers, and also slightly altered work. Self-plagiarism is a violation of SNHU’s Academic Honesty policy (Online Student Academic Honesty Policy, Campus Student Academic Honesty Policy). To avoid self-plagiarism, you should request approval from your instructor to use portions of your prior work, and you also need to provide a proper citation within your paper.
If you are citing your own writing from a paper submitted for a previous course, then you would generally cite it as an unpublished manuscript. Here are specific examples of how it works in the three major citation styles:
The APA Manual (6th edition, p. 211) discusses unpublished and informally published works, including those submitted to a university/college for a course. This is the general format for the citation:
Author, A. A. (Year). Title of manuscript. Unpublished manuscript, University affiliation.
Fisher, J. (2017). This is the title of my paper. Unpublished manuscript, Southern New Hampshire University.
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CITATION
If you want to re
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use portions of a paper you wrote for a previous assignment or course, you need to
take care to avoid self
-
plagiarism. The APA Manual (6th edition, p. 170) defines self
-
plagiarism as “the
practice of presenting one's own previously publis
hed work as though it were new." This includes entire
papers, and also slightly altered work. Self
-
plagiarism is a violation of SNHU’s Academic Honesty policy
(Online Student Academic Honesty Policy, Campus Student Academic Honesty Policy). To avoid self
-
p
lagiarism, you should request approval from your instructor to use portions of your prior work, and you
also need to provide a proper citation within your paper.
If you are citing your own writing from a paper submitted for a previous course, then you wou
ld
generally cite it as an unpublished manuscript. Here are specific examples of how it works in the three
major citation styles:
APA Style
The APA Manual (6th edition, p. 211) discusses unpublished and informally published works, including
those submitte
d to a university/college for a course. This is the general format for the citation:
Author, A. A. (Year). Title of manuscript. Unpublished manuscript, University affiliation.
For example (don't forget to indent the second and subsequent lines):
Fisher,
J. (2017). This is the title of my paper. Unpublished manuscript, Southern New Hampshire
University.
SELF-CITATION
If you want to re-use portions of a paper you wrote for a previous assignment or course, you need to
take care to avoid self-plagiarism. The APA Manual (6th edition, p. 170) defines self-plagiarism as “the
practice of presenting one's own previously published work as though it were new." This includes entire
papers, and also slightly altered work. Self-plagiarism is a violation of SNHU’s Academic Honesty policy
(Online Student Academic Honesty Policy, Campus Student Academic Honesty Policy). To avoid self-
plagiarism, you should request approval from your instructor to use portions of your prior work, and you
also need to provide a proper citation within your paper.
If you are citing your own writing from a paper submitted for a previous course, then you would
generally cite it as an unpublished manuscript. Here are specific examples of how it works in the three
major citation styles:
APA Style
The APA Manual (6th edition, p. 211) discusses unpublished and informally published works, including
those submitted to a university/college for a course. This is the general format for the citation:
Author, A. A. (Year). Title of manuscript. Unpublished manuscript, University affiliation.
For example (don't forget to indent the second and subsequent lines):
Fisher, J. (2017). This is the title of my paper. Unpublished manuscript, Southern New Hampshire
University.