This document discusses academic honesty and integrity. It defines plagiarism as using others' words or ideas without giving proper credit. It emphasizes the importance of citing sources to avoid plagiarism when doing research. Students are responsible for only submitting original work and properly acknowledging sources. The document provides examples of how to cite different sources like books, articles, and websites using MLA format. It also distinguishes between primary and secondary sources and lists some safe search engines and online resources for student research.

3. Academic Honesty/Integrity means
honesty and fairness in all the academic
endeavors and interactions and
to use that information ethically

4. According to the IBO, “An
authentic piece of work is
one that is based on the
candidate’s individual and
original ideas with the ideas

5. Why?

6. If you do not cite the sources
upon which your information is
based, you will be guilty of
Plagiarism
Plagiarism means
using the words or ideas of others as your
own either on purpose or intentionally.

7. Examples:
– Using information copied from a website without
identifying the source
– Using a the work of an author and not mentioning his
name.

8. Responsibility as a student
1.Give credit - all work submitted for assessment
represents authentic authorship, with the work or ideas
of others fully and correctly acknowledged
2.Clarification-Attempts to gain clarification prior to
submission of work will never be penalized, as this
demonstrates the student’s desire to act in a principled
manner and serves as a learning opportunity.
3.Reporting –of Academic dishonesty and helping your
peers to follow Academic honesty.

10. Whenever We Do Research
It’s important to cite our sources!

11. So how do I cite sources?

12. We use the MLA or Modern
Language Association rule’s
for doing citations.

13. What is a citation?
The citation provide your reader (teacher) information to locate the
book, website, or magazine that you used:
 Author (if given)
 Title of article, webpage, or entry
 Publication information (publisher, website, magazine title, date,
location)
 Medium (Print, Web, etc.)
 Date of access
 YOU TUBE VIDEO -Academic Integrity – YouTube

14. Example of Citation – books
Author’s last name, first name. Book Title. City of publication:
Publishing company, publication date
Examples:
James, Henry. The Ambassadors. Rockville: Serenity, 2009. Print.
Dickens, Charles. Great Expectations. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1942.
Print.

15. An example of an encyclopedia entry:
Author’s last name, first name. “Title of article.” Name of
Encyclopedia. Year of Edition. Volume number, page(s).
An example of an Internet source:
Author’s name, if known (last, first). “Title of Article.” [Online]
Document date (if available). Website address (URL) (Visited: Date
you accessed the website).
Citing an Internet image source:
Artist/Photographer’s name, if known, (last,first). “Image/Photo Title.”
Image Description. Web Page Title. Update/Last Date. Date you
accessed the website. Website address (URL).

16. Sources of Information
– Primary And Secondary
– Here you can include the examples of these.

17. Online resources subscribed by the
school
– GALE - RESEARCH IN CONTEXT
– NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
– DESTINY - LIBRARY SOFTWARE - Webpath express
– THE DAY NEWS -current news
– TUMBLE BOOKS - EBooks
–

18. Free and safe Search Engines
– SWEET SEARCH
– A search engine for students with high quality resources evaluated and approved by educators , librarians and research
experts.
– FACT MONSTER - Free reference site for students which helps on thousands of subject areas.
– KIDS SEARCH - safe search engine for kids
– KIDDLE - Search engine with safe web,images and video search
– GOGOOLIGANS - Simple ,safe and kid oriented
– KIDS REX - It provides easy to research resources for both online and offline research which are safe .
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19. CITATION PAGE
– A collection of definitions on the Academic honesty web site:
• http://www.academichonesty.org.uk/Information_literacy
_definitions/Definitions.aspx
– http://guides.library.utoronto.ca/citing
– <http://www.wpunj.edu/library/usered/citing.ppt>http://www.slideshare.net/
computermorah/academic-honesty
– Pathways Academic Honesty policy
– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pG7M4xxrmbo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wvXEAO4Q44