Plagiarism and Academic Honesty: Plagiarism Overview

This guide is designed to provide information on academic honesty and plagiarism. There are two ways to review the information provided. You may take the tutorial which has self-check questions (Computer Skills - this is your option) or review the material you want independently.

After working through the tutorial, you should be able to answer the following questions:

1. What is plagiarism?
2. Why is academic honesty important?
3. What are the various ways in which a student can commit plagiarism?
4. How can you tell what needs to be cited and what doesn't?
5. How can you organize your research to help you avoid plagiarizing?
6. When writing a paper, how can you refer to the words and ideas of others without plagiarizing them?

You may also use the Tabs at the top of the page and the Previous/Next links at the bottom of the page to navigate to topics you need to focus on.

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