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SCI 161 Nutrition - Cruz: Plagiarism

Plagiarism

In keeping with these values [five fundamental values: honesty, trust, responsibility, fairness, and respect], Quinnipiac University expects its community members to comply with the usual expectations for honest academic work. In general, community members

• must properly cite sources in all papers

The above is taken from the Academic Integrity Policy
Quinnipiac University, Revised November 10, 2007


Please remember that plagiarism applies not only to:

  • taking the exact wording from a source

    but also to:
  • paraphrasing
  • taking someone’s idea
  • presenting someone’s work as your own, while not giving credit to the original author

 

Link to the Academic Integrity Policy page.

You need to cite when:

  • You use a direct quotation, even if it is in quotation marks
  • You use facts that are not common knowledge
  • You paraphrase the author’s idea(s)
  • You have changed some of the author’s words (i.e., used synonyms)
  • You use the key words or phrases from the author
  • You mention the author’s name in your sentence
  • You have written a sentence that mostly consists of your own thoughts, but you have made a reference to another author’s idea.

Citing your sources is advantageous.

Using citations will help preserve your:

  • Honesty: When you fail to give credit for ideas that are not your own, your readers will assume that the ideas are yours. This is misleading.
  • Academic Integrity: It will protect your academic career from negative consequences.
  • Credibility: The citations will show your readers that your information came from reliable sources.
  • Time: When you need to refer back to a source it will be easy to find.

Academic Integrity

At Quinnipiac, our community has chosen integrity as one of its guiding principles. Please follow this link to QU's Academic Integrity page.

An important aspect of maintaining academic integrity is to avoid plagiarism, which is the uncredited use (both intentional and unintentional) of someone else's words or ideas.  For any questions you may have about quoting, citing, or paraphrasing, please see the following guide to understanding plagiarism from Purdue University.