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Library Tutorials
You may access Library tutorials by clicking on this link or by selecting the link to tutorials from under the Students tab on the library homepage.. These tutorials cover various library skills such as searching the library catalog and library databases, developing good search strategies, and evaluating information on the web.

Academic Integrity

Academic dishonesty may refer to cheating, dishonest conduct, plagiarism, and collusion in your academic work. Specific examples of these types of activity may include : misrepresenting others’ work as your own, such as not acknowledging any paraphrasing or quoting, use of another student’s material, incomplete acknowledgment of sources (including Internet sources), or submission of the same work to complete the requirements of more than one course.

You may access additional information on Academic Honesty through the links below:

Academic Honesty Lib Guide

KSU's Administrative Policy regarding Academic Honesty

Plagiarism is using someone else’s words or ideas as if they were your own without giving credit to that person. It may be intentional or unintentional.

Examples

Failure to acknowledge sources of words, sentences or ideas
Failure to acknowledge sources of illustrations, images, pictures, and audio recordings
Failure to include a reference list or falsifying a reference list
Failure to put quotation marks around direct quotations
Submitting the same paper for two different classes
Inappropriate collaboration: having someone else write your paper for you or you writing a paper for someone
Paying someone to write your paper or take an exam for you
Buying a paper from the Internet

Consequences

Your instructor may refuse to accept the assignment for credit
You may fail the assignment
You may fail the course
You may be required to attend Plagiarism School
You may be dismissed from the University
You may lose your degree

Why is it wrong to plagiarize?

It violates Kent State University Policy
It’s dishonest & misleading
It devalues the author’s original work
It’s cheating yourself:
- Students are expected to create/ add to knowledge
- Hurts the learning process

Tips on How to Avoid Plagiarism

Do's	Don'ts
Do your own work; Start early	Do not copy and paste
Take careful notes on all the resources you use (both print and electronic)	Do not buy a paper from the Internet
Let your voice come through	Do not let someone else write your paper for you
Read article, set aside then write your paper	Do not write a paper for someone else
Use strategies such as paraphrasing, summarizing and quotations	Do not copy your classmate's work
If you use direct quotations, use quotation marks	Do not submit the same assignment for two different classes
Introduce each source using in-text citations	Do not use article spinner or other online sites to help in paraphrasing text you found elsewhere
Include a bibliography or reference list of all sources used in your paper
When in doubt, cite!

No need to cite when:

Using ideas from your own experiences, opinions, insights, observations or conclusions
Reporting results from your own experiment
Using “common knowledge”- e.g. “The earth revolves around the sun.”

Learn more...

Plagiarism and ESL writers- Purdue University's Online Writing Lab

Sharing information- (Module)- University of Idaho

More Plagiarism related Resources

For information on Avoiding Plagiarism in other languages, click on the respective documents below.