Plagiarism
Academic Honesty, Ethical Citation Practices, and Plagiarism
University policies and guides to understanding and avoiding plagiarism.
Upstate Medical University upholds the highest standards of academic integrity. In order to meet thesestandards and protect themselves from potential pitfalls, students should be aware of Upstate's guidelinesin regard to academic dishonesty and plagiarism. The following presents essential policy information forstudents and links to further information.
Plagiarism Resources
Plagiarism.org Provides information on detecting Internet plagiarism; sells plagiarism detection software such as Turnitin.com
Turnitin Research Resources Offers help for students on acknowledging sources and avoiding plagiarism in the online world, including tips on avoiding plagiarism and guidelines for proper citation.
University Policies Dealing with Plagiarism
Upstate Medical University Student Handbook 2008-2009 - Academic Policies - College of Medicine "What is plagiarism?"
Plagiarism is the misrepresentation of someone else’s work as your own. It may be intentional or unintentional, reflecting busyness, laziness, or dishonesty. The intent or reason for plagiarism doesn’t matter. It is your responsibility as a student to avoid it.
Tips for Avoiding Plagiarism (Student Handbook (pp. 102-103)
Student Handbook - Student Code of Conduct (Article III, Item 4, p. 120)
"All property, both physical and intellectual, must be respected and must never be plagiarized or defaced."
Student Handbook - Student Code of Conduct (Article V, Item 26, p. 122)
This section lists examples of violations dealing with plagiarism, that could result in dismissal or other sanctions:
- Appropriation of another person's ideas, processes, results or words, including confidential review of others research proposals and manuscripts, without giving appropriate credit
- Copying homework answers from your text and handing them in for a grade
- Quoting text or other works on an exam, term paper, homework, thesis, or dissertation without citing the source
- Handing in a paper purchased from a term paper service
- Handing in another's paper as your own
- Taking a paper from an organization's files and handing it in as your own
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