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Citation Style Guides: Plagiarism

This guide lists links to instruction about different citation style formats. And some other helpful citation tools.

How to be careful

To avoid plagiarism, you must give credit whenever you use

  • another person’s idea, opinion, or theory;
  • any facts, statistics, graphs, images—any pieces of information—that are not common knowledge;
  • quotations of another person’s actual spoken or written words; or
  • paraphrase of another person’s spoken or written words.

Here are some links to tutorials that will help you understand more about plagiarism and how to avoid it:

Asbury University Academic Integrity Policy

As listed in the current University Bulletin
(found here: https://www.asbury.edu/offices/registrar/bulletin)

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY
Academic integrity, the embodiment of the moral and spiritual principles to which we adhere, is the essential basis of the Asbury University academic community. Integrity, as partially defined by the student or Program Handbook on Community Life Expectations, is “both knowing the right thing to do and doing it regardless of the circumstances.” This definition may be applied to all of the scholastic interactions of the academic community. Every member of the community shares responsibility for maintaining mutual trust, respect, and integrity. Violations of such trust and specific acts of academic dishonesty will be subject to disciplinary action.
 
Definitions of Academic Dishonesty:
Academic dishonesty can be defined as any type of cheating relative to a formal academic requirement. Academic dishonesty is typically thought of first as plagiarism. Plagiarism, whether intentionally or unintentionally, occurs when credit is taken for what someone else worked hard to discover and record if there is no clarification from where or from whom information is taken. Plagiarism is the use of another’s ideas, words, thoughts, or organization without appropriate credit and documentation when used for a project, paper, presentation, or exam.
More examples of academic dishonesty include , but are not limited to: unauthorized collaborations, fabrications of data, unauthorized access to sources on an exam, excessive revision by someone other than the student, re-use of previous work without permission, and other situations described by faculty for specific purposes.
 
Appeals Process
Students desiring to appeal a determination of academic dishonesty will follow the ‘Academic Appeals Procedure’ found in the Probation, Suspension, and Appeals section of the Asbury University Bulletin.
 
Determination of Academic Dishonesty and Consequences:
Faculty will address suspected occurrences of academic dishonesty as follows:
  1. The faculty member will meet with the student individually to discuss the incident. At the faculty member’s discretion, the department chair will either be notified of the meeting or be asked to be present for it.The student will be informed of the department chair’s involvement.
  2. At the faculty member’s discretion the student will receive a lowered grade, an ‘F’ or 0% on the assignment in question.
  3. The faculty member will report the incident in writing to the Registrar who will maintain a record of academic integrity violations.

a. If the incident is the student’s second offense of academic dishonesty as verified by the Registrar, the student will meet with the Dean of the college or school where the most recent incident occurred. At the Dean’s discretion, the student will receive an ‘F’ in the course.

b. If the incident is the student’s third offense, the student will be suspended from Asbury University.

[This information is located on page 19 of the current Bulletin.]

Plagiarism tutorials - more

 
Avoiding Plagiarism - http://www.writing.northwestern.edu/avoiding-plagiarism/
This site, created by Northwestern University, gives a definition of plagiarism, tips on avoiding accidental plagiarism and examples of the most common forms of plagiarism.
Avoiding Plagiarism - https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/589/01/
This site, while it has the same title as the one above, was created by Purdue University and breaks down the contradictions in student's may feel about academic writing. This site not only gives students guidelines on how to avoid plagiarism, but also provides practice questions for students to test their citing and paraphrasing knowledge.
Combating Plagiarism (CQ Researcher) - http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/cqresrre2003091900
In the September 19, 2003 issue of the CQ Researcher, dedicated to the topic "Combating Plagiarism," students will find an excellent overview of the plagiarism issue, including a discussion of (in)famous writers and journalists who have been accused of plagiarism.  Includes a chronology and bibliography.  See also the updated report from 2013:   http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/cqresrre2013010400
Examples of Plagiarism (Academic Integrity at Princeton) - http://www.princeton.edu/pr/pub/integrity/pages/plagiarism/
Part of the Academic Integrity website at Princeton University, this website provides concrete examples of plagiarized text and computer code.  The website presents a primary passage and three plagiarized essays, with explanatory notes about the plagiarized text.  An excellent teaching tool!
Plagiarism: What it is and How to Recognize and Avoid it - http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/plagiarism.shtml
This site, from Indiana University, provides students with the tools to avoid plagiarism. Among these are examples of acceptable and unacceptable paraphrasing and definitions of terms such as Common Knowledge.
Plagiarism 101 - http://www.plagiarism.org/
This site, developed by the company that created TurnItIn, defines plagiarism and uses concrete examples to show how proper citation and paraphrasing are necessary in order to avoid plagiarism.  You can take a Quiz here:  https://en.writecheck.com/plagiarism-quiz 
What is Plagiarism? - http://honorcouncil.georgetown.edu/whatisplagiarism
This site, created by Georgetown University's Honor Council, walks students through the many types of plagiarism that they may encounter and why it is important to use proper citation practices.