Tuesday, September 9, 2008

WRIT 122 - Rosalie Petrouske

What is plagiarism and how can we avoid it?
We'll look at the following definitions in class today and add tips on how to avoid plagiarism.

LCC's definition of plagiarism
(Scroll down to Dishonesty, under Student Code of Conduct, and read #2.)
http://www.lcc.edu/catalog/policies_procedures/studentrights.htm

Plagiarism defined in the library's LINKS tutorial
http://www.lcc.edu/library/library-instruction/links/Module6/04_plagiarism.html

How to Recognize Plagiarism
Practice from Indiana University
http://www.indiana.edu/~istd/practice.html

Tips on how to avoid plagiarism in WRIT 122 essays
Share your tips with the class! Here's how:

1. Click the Comments link below
2. Post your tip
3. Select Anonymous as your identity
4. Click Publish Your Comment