Plagiarism is " the action or practice of taking someone else's work, idea, etc., and passing it off as one's own; literary theft."
Source: "plagiarism, n." OED Online. Oxford University Press, September 2016. Web. 14 September 2016.
There is a code of conduct that supports Wentworth Institute's commitment to building a scholarly community. Essentially, the key concepts are:
- Be truthful
- Acknowledge the work of the original author
- Use appropriate references including footnotes or quotation marks
- Only when a fact is common knowledge can it be used without credit
Read the full Wentworth Code of Academic Honesty and Conduct Policy.
Email the Center for Academic Excellence and ask to be enrolled in a self-paced interactive plagiarism module on Blackboard -- or get answers to your questions.
Use the turnitin.com link on your Blackboard landing page to check for plagiarism and grammar mistakes.