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Academic integrity/honesty |
Academic integrity is defined as honestly doing one's own academic work in compliance with assignment requirements and guidelines. Examples of academic dishonesty include cheating, plagiarism, Internet plagiarism, obtaining an unfair advantage, falsification of records or any official documents, and misconduct on internships. |
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APA |
Refers to a paper and citation format style published by the American Psychological Association. Usually used by courses in the social sciences, natural sciences, and health sciences. |
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Block quote |
Long quotes (check the style guide that you are using for how to format). REQUIRES A CITATION. |
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Citation |
Indicates the source of a quote, paraphrase, summary or idea. Usually seen as an in text (parenthetical citation), endnote or footnote.
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Citation management software |
A software tool such as EasyBib and RefWorks you can use to store and organize your citations and to print out your refernces formatted in a style of your choosing. Visit our citation help page. |
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Citation style |
A specific way to format a citation published by an organization or that has been codified in some manner. Common citation styles are APA, MLA, and Chicago |
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Common knowledge |
Something like a date e.g. The United States declared its independence from Great Britain in 1776 or a fact, e.g. Franklin Roosevelt was elected president four times, that most people know. USUALLY does not need to be cited OR ATTRIBUTED to a source. |
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End note |
A source Indicated by a superscript number such as the number two²followed b followed by citation with the corresponding number at the end of the page. |
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Fabrication |
Something that you have made up, even if you have provided a citation for it. |
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Footnote |
A source Indicated by a superscript number such as the number two²followed b followed by citation with the corresponding number at the end of the page. |
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In-text citation |
Sourced from which the quote or idea came from that is inserted in the text of your paper directly after the quote or your paraphrase of it. USUALLY THE AUTHOR OF THE SOURCE AND PAGE THE QUOTE OR IDEA MAY BE FOUND ON. |
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MLA |
Refers to a paper and citation format style published by the Modern Languages Association. Usually used by humanities and Englishclasses. |
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Mosaic plagiarism |
Taking, phrases, and paragraphs from a variety of sources and joining them together without careful documentation of their sources. |
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Paraphrase |
A restatement of a quote or idea in your own words of a text or passage you found in a source. REQUIRES A CITATION.
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Plagiarism |
The reprinting of another’s work or ideas and claiming it as your own. Something plagiarized never has a citation as to its original source.
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Self-plagiarism |
Submitting a paper or part of a paper, or other written work in a course that you have previously submitted to another class and received a grade for. |