"Plagiarism is the representation of the ideas of others as one's own. Unfortunately, plagiarism can be unintentional, as well as intentional (look at what happened to George Harrison via The Copyright Website).
Like most colleges and universities, Rider takes a strong stand against plagiarism. The Code of Academic Conduct published in The Source: Student Handbook reads:
- Academic dishonesty includes any unauthorized collaboration or misrepresentation 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 in Rider University's Official Student Handbook, The Source.
The Libraries' website provides excerpts of style guides to assist you in using correct citations to give attributions.
Other helpful sites include:
- U.S. Copyright Office: http://www.copyright.gov/
- Research and Documenting Sources for different disciplines: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/585/02/
- Rider Student Success Writing Lab: http://www.rider.edu/academics/academic-support-resources/student-success-center/writing-lab
- A+ Research and Writing for High School and College Students http://www.ipl.org/div/aplus/
- Nuts and Bolts of College Writing: http://www.nutsandboltsguide.com/
- Guide to Grammar and Writing: http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/
- Synthesis: Using the Work of Others: http://plagiarism.umf.maine.edu/
- The Plagiarism Court; You Be The Judge: http://www.fairfield.edu/library/researchassistance/avoidplagiarism/
- Plagiarism Workshop: https://fcserver.nvnet.org/~cooper_j/Plagiarism/
Do not hesitate to ask librarians for assistance in avoiding plagiarism"
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