Academic Dishonesty

Plagiarism: The use, intentional or

unintentional, of another’s words, ideas, or
work without credit.

Inadvertent plagiarism, also referred to as “misuse of sources,”

Blatant plagiarism is intentionally is often the result of not clearly understanding rules for citation.
submitting the work or ideas of another Writers of papers containing inadvertent plagiarism do not use the
as one’s own. correct format for citing sources, do not use quotation marks
appropriately, or assume that paraphrasing and summarizing
make citation unnecessary. These students require training in the
Common Examples proper use of sources.
Copying homework/classwork
Cheating on Exams
Common Examples
Copying and Pasting parts of documents
into research papers
Using quotes and not citing the source

Basic Guidelines
Assistance
1. Common knowledge does not need citation.
2. Any use of exact words needs to be quoted and cited. More information can be found in the MLA Handbook
3. Any summary or paraphrase of an idea needs to be cited. for Writers of Research Papers, copies of which are
4. Any facts or ideas specific to a source and not commonly known need to be with the English Department. In addition, many
cited. universities have very good online writing centers that
address this issue. See, for example, Purdue
NOTE: Your source does not have to be written. Television, movies, and YouTube University’s OWL (http://owl.english.purdue.edu/).
count as well. Remember, if in doubt, cite.