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Avoiding Plagiarism

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Plagiarism is the representation of the ideas of others as one's own. Unfortunately, plagiarism can be unintentional, as well as intentional.

Like most colleges and universities, Rider takes a strong stand against plagiarism. The Code of Academic Conduct reads:

  • Academic dishonesty includes any unauthorized collaboration, misrepresentation or fabrication in the submission of academic work. In all written work, whether in class or out of class, the student's name on the work is considered to be a statement that the work is his or hers alone, except as otherwise indicated. Students are expected to provide proper citations for the statements and ideas of others whether submitted word for word or paraphrased. Failure to provide proper citations will be considered plagiarism and offenders will be subject to the charge of plagiarism specified in the statement of regulations.

The full text of the Code and suggestions for avoiding plagiarism are found on the Rider University Code of Academic Integrity policy page.

The Libraries' website provides excerpts of style guides to assist you in using correct citations to give attributions.

Other helpful sites include: Copyright.gov Logo

Do not hesitate to ask librarians for assistance in avoiding plagiarism