Plagiarism Policies & Guidelines @ WWU

Definition
Plagiarism is presenting as one's own in whole or in part the argument, language, creations, conclusions, or scientific data of another without explicit acknowledgement. Examples include but are not limited to:

• Using another person's written or spoken words 
• Using information from a World Wide Web site, CD-ROM or other electronic sources. 
• Using statistics, graphs, charts and facts without acknowledging the source of the ideas.
• Paraphrasing, which is using someone else's argument without acknowledging the source by imitating the argument using other words. 

Resources for Students

• Understanding and Avoiding Plagiarism
     Print friendly version   (Official campus brochure)
Committee on Academic Dishonesty, ACC; approved by the Faculty Senate, WWU,  4.08.02   
• University Judicial Affairs- Academic Dishonesty Policy & Procedure   (WWU)
• Guidelines for Promoting Academic Integrity (Word document), compiled by Carmen Werder and the WWU Teaching-Learning Academy

• University Judicial Affairs - WWU's Academic Dishonesty Policy and Procedure Appendix D (ACC, WWU)
• Prevention & Detection Strategies for Faculty
  
  Offsite
• Cut-and-Paste Plagiarism: Preventing, Detecting and Tracking Online Plagiarism
• Plagiarism and Anti-Plagiarism
• Plagiarism.org (Learning Center) "Designed to help educators and students develop a better sense of what plagiarism means in the information age, and to teach the planning, organizational, and citation skills to prevent plagiairism.

Citation Guides & Style Manuals

Created: 4.03.03
updated:  08.08