Plagiarism:
Understanding, Detecting, Avoiding
- Eastern Michigan University Conduct Code and Judicial Structure
for Students and Student Organizations
- I.A.11. Academic dishonesty
1.Students are not to engage in any form of academic dishonesty including,
but not limited to, plagiarism, alteration of records, substitution
of another's work representing it as the student's own, and knowingly
assisting another student in engaging in any such activity.
For purposes of this section, plagiarism is defined as the knowing
use, without appropriate approval, of published materials, expressions,
or works of another with intent to represent the material(s) as one's
own.
- Defining and Avoiding Plagiarism: The WPA Statement on Best Practices
(Council of Writing Program Administrators)
- "This statement responds to the growing educational concerns
about plagiarism in four ways: by defining plagiarism; by suggesting
some of the causes of plagiarism; by proposing a set of responsibilities
(for students, teachers, and administrators) to address the problem
of plagiarism; and by recommending a set of practices for teaching
and learning that can significantly reduce the likelihood of plagiarism."
Web Sites Discussing Plagiarism
Plagiarism Assessment Service at EMU - TurnItIn.com
To help promote awareness of and the practice of academic integrity, Eastern
Michigan University will purchase individual faculty subscriptions
to TurnItIn.com, a web-based service that compares submitted student
text against a database of millions previously published documents,
including those on the public Internet, the proprietary collection
of the ProQuest company, as well as every student paper ever submitted
to TurnItIn.com, including previously submitted EMU papers. When similarities
between student text and an existing document are found, TurnItIn highlights
those similarities in an annotated document, displaying both the student
text and the original source(s). Detection of similarities does NOT
mean plagiarism has occured as the overlapping text might be properly
referenced and cited. The service is managed by the Library and supported
by Student Judicial Services and the Faculty Development Center. More
information...
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