Jackson: Of course, the first thing is knowing that they need to do it.

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Is important. And when to do it. You know, I have a lot of students who come in, who seem to know like direct quotes, OK, use cite, they have that one. But when it gets to paraphrasing and summarizing, that's when I see a lot of accidental plagiarism where students think, well it's in my own words, you know, I didn't copy verbatim with this other person said, I don't need to cite it. And so I think it's really important for students to understand, if you if you didn't do the research yourself or if you weren't there in the field or doing the survey, whatever it might be, if it's not your own idea, you have to give credit.

So I think that basic understanding of when you need to give credit to someone else is really key, and then understanding that there are different citation styles, and that you don't just have to be locked into MLA. And I used to tell them, don't go to your professor next semester and say, well, Dr. Jackson says that this is how you cite your sources, and they're not correct. And so, just having that understanding that it's really about giving credit where credit is due and giving that citation, but then also understanding that there are different ways to do it and being open to adapting to that, I think, is really key.