DQ3-2 Responses 1. The internet is filled with many sites and many options, and to think that each  everyone is credible would just be foolish. The importance of considering one’s sources and making sure their reliable is one in which we as graduate students need to take to heart. As a graduate student one needs to look into the research they find and make sure that it comes from an authoritative site, has additional sources that back up their data, and lastly that there isn’t bias in the research that’s being done (Driscoll & Brizee). If these things aren’t done correctly, then one’s work will be open to scrutiny, and one's own additional research will be flawed, going to show that taking the extra time to look into one’s own sources is critical when it comes down to doing proper research. With this in mind as graduate students and aspiring innovators in our fields, it’s our due diligence to look into and evaluate every one of our sources to make sure they’re reliable and unbiased. Driscoll, D. L., & Brizee, A. (n.d.). Welcome to the Purdue OWL. Retrieved May 10, 2018, from https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/owlprint/553/ 2. Credibility, reliability, and unbiased work are some of the basic and fundamental attributes of an accomplished and relevant research work. They provide not just the authenticity, the believability, the assertion, and the academic postulation and conclusion of a research but the acceptance of such work as an expansion of knowledge and greater contribution to the academia. In the academic community, when these qualities are lacking, the consequences are dire and would be considered a massive set back to the community and a loss of credibility on the part of the researcher, in some cases they are just ethical misconducts. It is therefore overwhelmingly important for researchers to meticulously and stringently evaluate and re-evaluate sources for authenticity. It is catastrophic for a research work to be found misleading or outright false. The reasons for sources verification abound to ensure that research works are true, factual and evidence based and can be used as viable tool to expose all and sundry to workable and functional information and knowledge. The need for transparency in both research development and public dissemination calls for the establishment of guidelines designed to orient authors as regards publication requirements (Tavares, 2011). Hernández-Ruiz, A. (2016). Antifraud Editorial Policy in Spanish and Latin American Scientific Publication: JCR Social Sciences Edition. Comunicar, 24(48 3. We currently live in a time in which a world of information is at our technological fingertips.  It is exciting, it is informative, helpful and educational, however, it can also be a web of misinformation and prevalent bias.  Not all information and research found on the internet is held to the same standard of cross-referencing, a review process and screening process that is used in a scholarly publications.  When con.

1. DQ3-2 Responses
1.
The internet is filled with many sites and many options, and to
think that each everyone is credible would just be foolish. The
importance of considering one’s sources and making sure their
reliable is one in which we as graduate students need to take to
heart. As a graduate student one needs to look into the research
they find and make sure that it comes from an authoritative site,
has additional sources that back up their data, and lastly that
there isn’t bias in the research that’s being done (Driscoll &
Brizee). If these things aren’t done correctly, then one’s work
will be open to scrutiny, and one's own additional research will
be flawed, going to show that taking the extra time to look into
one’s own sources is critical when it comes down to doing
proper research. With this in mind as graduate students and
aspiring innovators in our fields, it’s our due diligence to look
into and evaluate every one of our sources to make sure they’re
reliable and unbiased.
Driscoll, D. L., & Brizee, A. (n.d.). Welcome to the Purdue
OWL. Retrieved May 10, 2018, from
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/owlprint/553/
2.
Credibility, reliability, and unbiased work are some of the basic
and fundamental attributes of an accomplished and relevant
research work. They provide not just the authenticity, the
believability, the assertion, and the academic postulation and
conclusion of a research but the acceptance of such work as an
expansion of knowledge and greater contribution to the
academia. In the academic community, when these qualities are
lacking, the consequences are dire and would be considered a
massive set back to the community and a loss of credibility on
the part of the researcher, in some cases they are just ethical
misconducts. It is therefore overwhelmingly important for

2. researchers to meticulously and stringently evaluate and re-
evaluate sources for authenticity. It is catastrophic for a
research work to be found misleading or outright false. The
reasons for sources verification abound to ensure that research
works are true, factual and evidence based and can be used as
viable tool to expose all and sundry to workable and functional
information and knowledge. The need for transparency in both
research development and public dissemination calls for the
establishment of guidelines designed to orient authors as
regards publication requirements (Tavares, 2011).
Hernández-Ruiz, A. (2016). Antifraud Editorial Policy in
Spanish and Latin American Scientific Publication: JCR Social
Sciences Edition. Comunicar, 24(48
3.
We currently live in a time in which a world of information is at
our technological fingertips. It is exciting, it is informative,
helpful and educational, however, it can also be a web of
misinformation and prevalent bias. Not all information and
research found on the internet is held to the same standard of
cross-referencing, a review process and screening process that
is used in a scholarly publications. When conducting graduate-
level research, one needs to be cautious and pay close attention
to find solid academic resources that are reliable, factual,
current and well-supported with research. Many of these
academic resources are found in online journals or sites set up
by scholarly organizations and universities ("Research Using
the Internet. n.d.). These resources are held to high standards
of publication and go through a system of controlled checks and
balances (Evaluating Information Resources. 2018).
If a student does not follow the guidelines for using credible,
scholarly sources in conducting research, he or she runs the risk
of submitting work that is inaccurate, questionable, bias, or
unstable. This could cause a student to lose credibility in their
work and cause their academic integrity to be questioned.

3. MacDonald, W, & Seel, J., (n.d.), Research using the internet.
University of Toronto. Retrieved
from http://advice.writing.utoronto.ca/researching/research-
using-internet/
Evaluating information resources. 2018. Elmer E. Rasmussun
library. University of Alaska Fairbanks. Retrieved from
https://library.uaf.edu/ls101-evaluation
DQ 3-3 Responses
1.
Grand Canyon University expects its students to uphold high
academic standards and integrity. When submitting a work to
instructors that is over 500 words, in order to ensure the student
is submitting original work that is free from plagiarism and
academic dishonesty, GCU requires students to submit the work
to Turnitin. Turnitin is a web-based software application that
assists students in ensuring that GCU's academic expectations
are honored and met. ("About Turnitin")
Turnitin is valuable since it verifies the originality of a
student's submission, cross-referencing it with a database of
millions of student papers and articles as well as searching
billions of webpages for similarities in the text. Once the work
is cross-referenced, a report is sent to the student that shows the
percentage of the report that is possibly unoriginal, highlighting
and listing the original sources and the percentage of the
submitted work that may have originated from that source.
(Turnitin FAQ's)
There are great benefits of using Turnitin. Along with assisting
with the decrease in the occurances of plagiarism and academic
dishonesty, it assists the student in becoming familiar with
proper citation and references of sources. Additionally,
Turnitin protects and student's intellectual property by

4. preventing the unauthorized use of their own work (Turnitin
FAQ's).
About Turnitin. (2018). Academic integrity. Grand Canyon
University. Retrieved
from https://students.gcu.edu/academics/academic-integrity.php
Turnitin frequently asked questions. (2018). Academic integrity.
Grand Canyon University. Retrieved
from https://students.gcu.edu/Documents/Turn-it-in-FAQs.pdf
2.
Graduate School is mostly research paper and improving
academic skills to enter the professional world. As Savage
(2006) mentioned, with the evolution of the technology, the use
of internet increased and put students at high risk for plagiarism
and academic dishonesty. Because plagiarism is not always
black or white researchers have found out that “turnitin” was
the most widely used and suitable detection system for
plagiarism. (Savage, 2006)
“Turnitin” helps students review their work for plagiarism by
pointing out words, phrases, paragraph ever used by someone
else that one might have put into his work knowingly or not
which doesn’t reflect his personal work or knowledge. By doing
so, students can correct their work, make changes and submit a
better research paper while promoting their academic growth.
References
Shelly Savage. (2006). Staff and Student Responses to a Trial of
Turnitin Plagiarism Detection Software. Retrieved
from https://citl.indiana.edu/files/pdf/savage.pdf
3.
As part of the process that improves writing skills across the
board, Turnitin is one such tool. Turnitin is a web based
application that checks for unoriginal material submitted as part
of most university programs. This application is able to check
“paper, homework, lab reports, computer code etc.” (Reihman,

5. 2005). While the application can and is used as a policing tool
it also provides a useful platform to instruct and guide a student
as it provides useful information about academic integrity.
However, the application alone cannot guarantee academic
integrity but it does play an important role therein.
There are limitations to the application however; Turnitin
cannot teach students how to source or cite information
properly. Further, the application finds text that matches other
documents, but it is unable to severalize between source
material that has been used correctly and plagiarized material.
Additionally, the application will not detect all items that
involve plagiarism, for example it will detect actual text copies
but not necessarily ideas that are copied (Reihman, 2005).
References:
Reihman, G. (November 2005). Turnitin. Center for innovation
in teaching and learning: Lehigh University. Retrieved from:
https://citl.lehigh.edu/turnitin