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Student Resources
Do you ever feel like you’re being asked to do the impossible?
- Show you have done your research – But – Write something new and original
- Appeal to experts and authorities - But – Improve upon, or disagree with experts and authorities
- Improve your English by mimicking what you hear and read – But – Use your own words, your own voice
- Give credit where credit is due – But – Make your own significant contribution
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If so, that’s not surprising. These principles are often called:
With practice you can learn to follow these principles more easily:
We have gathered some tools here to help you build your knowledge and expertise about proper use and attribution of resources in your writing. Also, never forget that you are not alone. You have many other resources:
- Your professor
- The Writing Center
- Librarians at the Library
- Your advisor or mentor
- Other professors
- Your classmates
You Be the Judge: : Plagiarism scenarios you can ponder to learn more about the complexity of issues involved. Until February 9th 2009, the practice scenarios and survey questions are provided by one of our graduate students, doing a research project on student perspectives on academic honesty in the digital age.
Please support this effort by working through the survey and recording your judgments anonymously. This will also help us improve the university’s instruction in this area.
Rules for Proper Attribution (pg. 2)
Refworks: Bibliographic Management Tool: Create an account and manage your citations and research, even write while you cite!!
Quiz Yourself: How Much Do You Know About Citing Sources?
Plagiarism Tutorial: The exercises here along with the pre and post quizzes can help you see what you already know and what you have learned:
Plagiarism 101: How to Write Term Papers Without Being Sucked into the Black Hole