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POLICY ON PLAGIARISM

We believe that our students would not intentionally leave a quote or reference un-credited. However,
occasionally it can occur in an essay, book report, thesis or dissertation. It is important that each student
be sure that all copied or cited works be credited and have quotation marks around them. These also
should be referenced at the end of the paper. No paper should have more than 10 percent of it's entirety
cited or quoted. Unintentional plagiarism will result in lowering the grade of the paper by one letter
grade. Blatant plagiarism will result in the failure of the course or re-writing of the entire
thesis/dissertation or dismissal.

ALL OF THE FOLLOWING ARE CONSIDERED PLAGIARISM:

 turning in someone else's work as your own
 copying words or ideas from someone else without giving credit
 failing to put a quotation in quotation marks
 giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation
 changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving credit
 copying so many words or ideas from a source that it makes up the majority of your work, whether

you give credit or not

http://www.plagiarism.org/

You should NOT copy and paste any portion of your assignment.

If you do want to convey someone else’s ideas, you should always cite the work.

WHEN DO I NEED TO CITE?

Whenever you borrow words or ideas, you need to acknowledge their source. The following situations
almost always require citation:

 whenever you use quotes
 whenever you paraphrase
 whenever you use an idea that someone else has already expressed
 whenever you make specific reference to the work of another
 whenever someone else's work has been critical in developing your own ideas.

http://www.plagiarism.org/

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