How to Recognize Plagiarism - Indiana University This tutorial will help you to understand and recognize plagiarism. Avoiding plagiarism is important -- both in writing and speaking. When you properly acknowledge the contributions to knowledge made by other people, you are showing respect for their work, and you are giving credit where credit is due. You are not misleading the reader to believe that your work is solely your own. By tg2llsin Librarian Tools > Information Literacy Teaching Toolswith system:unfiled