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Academic Integrity

A tutorial on Academic Integrity at the Mississippi University for Women

Acknowledgements

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Exploring Academic Integrity Tutorial is adapted from an original by the Claremont Colleges Library and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

Based on a design framework at www.lib.uci.edu. Content on pages 5, 14, and 15 of the Attribution and Citation section is adapted from UCI's Begin Your Research Tutorial. All other content was developed by a team of Claremont Colleges librarians.

Introduction

Part II - Attribution: Credit Where It's Due

Why do scholars take the time to create exhaustive lists of the sources of their information and ideas? Why are bibliographies and works cited pages critical to the scholarly conversation?

When participating in academic discourse, you “converse” with other scholars by analyzing, synthesizing, critiquing, and discussing their work. For the conversation to function, their thoughts must be attributed and cited in your own work.

In This Module, You Will:black and white image of 1912-1913 Spectator Staff sitting around a table

  • Understand how proper citations are a crucial part of the scholarly conversation
  • Realize that it’s possible to cite just about anything
  • Trace a citation back to its original source
  • Become familiar with citation management software

 

 

 

 

 

1912-1913 Spectator Staff, Online image courtesy of MS Digital Library