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Academic Integrity and Plagiarism


This page is primarily intended to inform or remind university students about the importance of academic integrity issues. It also provides access to a select number of web-sites that focus on educating students about plagiarism and proper citation practices.




ASU's Academic Integrity Policies  ·  Web-Sites Focused on Plagiarism Education

ASU Policy: Academic Integrity - Including Plagiarism

Arizona State University
General Catalog
http://www.asu.edu/catalog/
"The ASU General Catalog is the official source of information for programs and requirements of ASU and its colleges, schools, and departments." Search the catalog for "academic integrity" or "plagiarism."

Arizona State University
Student Affairs Policies and Procedures Manual > General Policies > Behavior > Student Code of Conduct and Student Disciplinary Procedures
http://www.asu.edu/aad/manuals/sta/
See "F: Prohibited Conduct" - point 1) "All forms of student academic dishonesty, including but not limited to, cheating, fabrication, facilitating academic dishonesty and plagiarism."

Arizona State University
Student Life, Student Judicial Affairs
Academic Integrity Policy
http://www.asu.edu/studentaffairs/studentlife/judicial/academic_integrity.htm
"This policy sets forth the ASU Student Academic Integrity Policy and appeal procedures. It applies to all ASU students."

Arizona Administrative Code
Title 7. Education. Chapter 4. Arizona Board of Regents.
http://www.azsos.gov/public_services/Title_07/7-04.htm
"'Plagiarism' means intentionally or knowingly representing the words or ideas of another as one's own in any academic exercise." (R7-4-101. Definitions, #11)
"The following misconduct is subject to disciplinary action: 1. All forms of student academic dishonesty, including cheating, fabrication, facilitating academic dishonesty and plagiarism." (R7-4-102. Prohibited conduct)

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Recommended Websites for Learning About Plagiarism


According to the Council of Writing Program Administrators:
"In an instructional setting, plagiarism occurs when a writer deliberately uses someone else's language, ideas, or other original (not common-knowledge) material without acknowledging its source."

 

Beware of Plagiarism: It's Easy, It's Tempting...But It Can Be Very Costly!
http://www.uottawa.ca/plagiarism.pdf
University of Ottawa - Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Social Sciences

Defining and Avoiding Plagiarism: The WPA Statement on Best Practices
http://wpacouncil.org/files/WPAplagiarism.pdf
From the Council of Writing Program Administrators.

The Fundamental Values of Academic Integrity
http://www.academicintegrity.org/pdf/FVProject.pdf
The Center for Academic Integrity - October 1999.

Guide to Plagiarism and Cyber-Plagiarism
http://www.library.ualberta.ca/guides/plagiarism/
From the University of Alberta (Canada) Libraries.

Plagiarism: What it Is and How to Recognize and Avoid It
http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/wts/plagiarism.html
From Indiana University (Bloomington, IN), Writing Tutorial Services.

Plagiarism: The Crime of Intellectual Kidnapping
http://tutorials.sjlibrary.org/tutorial/plagiarism/
From San Jose State University Library.

Understanding Plagiarism
http://www.education.indiana.edu/~frick/plagiarism/
From the School of Education, Indiana University (Bloomington, IN).

What is Plagiarism?
http://library.camden.rutgers.edu/EducationalModule/Plagiarism/whatisplagiarism.html
From Rutgers University Libraries.

You Quote It, You Note It!
http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/plagiarism/
From Vaughan Memorial Library, Acadia University (Nova Scotia, Canada).




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