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Hagerstown Community College Honor Code Policy and Procedures, II. Cause for Honor Code Violations, Section A:

Plagiarism - Plagiarism is the use of ideas, language, or work of another without sufficient acknowledgment that the material is not one's own. Examples of plagiarism include but are not limited to:

1. Submitting another's paper as one's own work or by including in one's work passages of another author without giving due credit, i.e., quoting or paraphrasing without proper citation of source.

2. Submitting another's project, written or otherwise, as one's own work.

Student Resources | Aids for Citing References | Faculty Resources | Plagiarism Detection Sites

Student Resources

How to Recognize Plagiarism
Discusses ways to recognize plagiarism and provides examples of
acceptable and unacceptable paraphrasing. (Indiana University)

Resources on Plagiarism and Cheating
A list of websites containing information on plagiarism.
(Towson University)

Plagiarism.org
Defines plagiarism and provides tips, guidelines, and suggestions on how to
avoid it and develope good research and writing skills.

Avoiding Plagiarism
Discusses plagiarism and gives helpful hints on how to
cite correctly. (University of California, Davis)

Plagiarism Avoided: Taking Responsibility for Your Work>
"A booklet for students on plagiarism, including techniques
for avoiding it." (University of British Columbia)

Citing Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism: Documentation Guidelines
Contains detailed information on citing in multiple formats including
MLA, APA, and Turabian, as well as definitions of types of plagiarism
and strategies for avoiding it. (Duke University Libraries)

Research and Documentation Online
by Diana Hacker. Finding and documenting (citing) sources in
Humanities, Social Sciences, History, and Sciences.
(MLA, APA, Chicago, and CBE styles)

Aids for Citing References

Documentation Guidelines: Citing Sources Within Your Paper
from Duke University Library (MLA, APA, Turabian, Chicago Manual of Style)

Documentation Guidelines: Assembling a List of Works Cited in Your Paper
from Duke University Library (MLA, APA, Turabian, Chicago Manual of Style)

HCC's Guide to MLA Documentation of Sources
by Joan Johnson, Assistant Professor of English

Electronic Reference Formats, APA Style
from APAStyle.org (American Psychological Association)

Faculty Resources

Preventing and Detecting Plagiarism
Discusses plagiarism and how to detect it by searching the internet
and proprietary or library databases. (University of Texas, Austin)

Student Plagiarism in an Online World
Discusses use of internet sources in plagiarism and provides
suggestions and internet links to help instructors detect it.

Internet Plagiarism: Strategies to Deter Academic Misconduct
A discussion of internet plagiarism.

Plagiarism Detection Sites

TurnItIn.com
MyDropBox.com
EVE2: The Essay Verification Engine
Urkund
CopyCatchGold
WCopyfind
Glatt
Moss: A System for Detecting Software Plagiarism
JPlag
Google
AltaVista
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