Plagiarism and Academic Honesty

The resources listed here are of special interest to faculty and students of Lawrence University.

Handouts and guides

• Plagiarism: information from the Center for Teaching and Learning
• Academic Citation and Writing and Citing Electronic Documents: examples and sources from the library

Citation and bibliographic management

• RefWorks, a web-based bibliographic citation manager provided by the library, helps with tracking research and drafting bibliographies for papers. Write-n-Cite, a program available from RefWorks, can be used to link RefWorks bibliographies with specific citations within a paper. Assistance may be required from the Information Technology Services helpdesk to install Write-n-Cite. The reference librarians can answer questions regarding the use of RefWorks and Write-n-Cite.

Workshops and tutorials

• Plagiarism: Prevention and Response: a workshop for Lawrence faculty
• Citing Sources: a Searchpath module for Lawrence students

Additional web sources

• Academic Integrity at Princeton: information for students, including guidance on when citation is necessary
• Avoiding Plagiarism: from the Purdue University Online Writing Lab
• CBB Plagiarism Resource Site: from Colby, Bates, and Bowdoin colleges
• Center for Academic Integrity: issues and discussions for students, faculty, and administrators
• Cyber-Plagiarism: an excellent bibliography of references and resources by UW-Madison librarian Karen J. Dunn
• Defining and Avoiding Plagiarism: The WPA Statement on Best Practice (pdf)
• Faculty Library and Technology Workshop - Technology, Text & Originality from Wheaton College
• Plagiarism: Faculty Resources: from Dalhousie University
• Plagiarism: information and resources from the National Council of Teachers of English
• Sources: Their Use and Acknowledgement: from Dartmouth College

Books and other resources

• Judy Anderson. Plagiarism, Copyright Violation, and Other Thefts of Intellectual Property: An Annotated Bibliography with a Lengthy Introduction. Historical information on plagiarism. Z551 .A68 1998
• Charles Lipson. Doing Honest Work in College: How to Prepare Citations, Avoid Plagiarism, and Achieve Real Academic Success. PN171 .F56 L56 2004
• The May/June 2004 issue of Change includes a number of articles focused on plagiarism and academic honesty.
• The Chronicle of Higher Education regularly carries articles and news reports on plagiarism.

Offices and services

• Honor Council and Honor Code: provides answers questions about the Honor Code, the Honor Council, or other issues related to the Lawrence Honor System
• Center for Teaching and Learning: provides individual and small group tutoring, written resources on specific topics, academic skills counseling, workshops on various topics and advice on related questions
• Student Academic Services: provides academic counseling, academic skills development, services for students with disabilities, and advice on the Lawrence honor system. Serves as the umbrella for the Center for Teaching and Learning.
• Seeley G. Mudd Library: provides assistance with research and citation

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