Plagiarism Checklist

Please remember that the following acts of plagiarism constitute Honor System violations:

• The use of another’s ideas without citation
• Material copied word for word, cited but lacking quotation marks
• Material placed within quotation marks but lacking a citation (according to the professor’s preferred citation style)
• Paraphrased material that too closely resembles the structure of the original source, without citation or attribution
• Paraphrased material from several sources pieced together in a way that resembles original thought, without citation or attribution
• Material attributed to a non-existent or incorrect source
• Fabricated material attributed to a real source
• Citation mistakes, such as wrong author, page number, or date
• Specific help from someone in writing the paper, without acknowledgment
• Imitation of structure or style, without citation or attribution

The Honor Council encourages all instructors to submit student papers to turnitin.com.