Academic Honesty & Plagiarism
Academic Honesty and Plagiarism Prevention Tools
Turnitin
A. If you are interested in an account to use with your class, contact Peggy French.
B.The Mohawk Library has set up a special "class" in Turnitin so students can take advantage of Turnitin's originality checking to ensure that they have not inadvertently plagiarized. For more information about this, please see the Cite Your Sources LibGuide.
Academic Honesty and Plagiarism Prevention Resources
Mohawk College's Academic Honesty Policy
This policy protects academic integrity and the rights of all students. It clearly outlines dishonest academic practices, and the penalties to be imposed for such behaviour.
You Quote It, You Note It!
An interactive plagiarism tutorial from Vaughan Memorial Library, Acadia University. Includes information about what, when and how to cite sources and the difference between quoting and paraphrasing.
UCSC's Net Trail
The last 5 minute module, Info Ethics, highlights what constitutes plagiarism and how to avoid it. There’s an optional quiz to cement understanding.
Library Bibliographic Style Guides - APA Format
The Library provides a Cite Your Sources guide to help students with proper bibliographic style. Be sure to point your students to this guide if you wish them to use APA style.
