Academic Integrity &
Anti-Plagiarism Tutorial Resources

Table of Contents  (please click the linked headings/subheadings below to be taken to the corresponding list of topics and resources)

Introduction

• Contributing to the discourse on a topic

What is Academic Integrity?

• Definitions of Academic Integrity

What is Plagiarism?

• Definitions of plagiarism

• Principles of avoiding plagiarism

• Policies and procedures

  • • UMB Code of Ethics and Conduct

    • Graduate School, Graduate School Catalog and Policies (see section titled Student Academic Misconduct)

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    • School of Dentistry, UMB and General School of Dentistry Policies (see sections titled Examination Policies and Hybrid and Online Course Agreement)

    • School of Law, Student Honor Code

    • School of Medicine, Statement of Ethical Principles: Judicial Review System & By-Laws of the Judicial Board

    • School of Nursing, Student Handbook (see section III.D., Academic Conduct and Professional Integrity)

    • School of Pharmacy, School Policies (see Plagiarism and Appropriate Referencing Policy and Student Honor Code)

    • School of Social Work, Student Handbook (see section on MSW Student Policies and Procedures)

• SIDENOTE: The Cultural Context of Plagiarism - Cultural Perspectives on Plagiarism

Why Does Plagiarism Occur?

• Reasons for plagiarism

• UMB Student Affairs resources

  • • Educational Support & Disability Services (including academic coaching)

    • Intercultural Leadership and Engagement Center

    • Student Counseling Center

    • Office of International Services

    • University Student Financial Assistance

    • URecFit

    • Wellness Hub

    • Writing Center

Types of Plagiarism, and How Do You Avoid Them?

Content Plagiarism

• What is Content Plagiarism?

• What are some common forms of content plagiarism?

• What is considered common knowledge in scholarly communication?

• How do you determine what is common knowledge?

• Practice questions

• So what about the other four scenarios of content plagiarism?

• Patchwork Plagiarism

  • • Video: The Jarring Effects of Plagiarism on Readers

• What is Paraphrasing?

• Successful Paraphrasing?

• What is Summarizing?

• Successful Summarizing

• How do you paraphrase and summarize correctly?

• SafeAssign: Blackboard's Plagiarism Detection Tool

  • • Video: Understanding SafeAssign

• Practice questions

Mechanical Plagiarism

• What is Mechanical Plagiarism? 

• How do you avoid mechanical plagiarism?

• Citation Styles

•  APA Style: Paraphrasing

• APA Style

• AMA Manual of Style

• Chicago Manual of Style Online

• MLA Style Center

• The Bluebook Online

• SIDENOTE: Managing Your Citations and References

  • • Citation Managers: Which citation manager is right for me?

• Author Tags

• SIDENOTE: Verbs for Author Tags

  • • Verbs in Academic Writing

• Practice questions

Self-Plagiarism

• What is Self-Plagiarism?

• Practice questions

Conclusion

Acknowledgements and Helpful Resources

• Additional Resources for Further Exploration

  1. • Excelsior Online Writing Lab

     • University of Maryland Health Sciences and Human Services Library

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Faculty Webinar

Recording of a webinar from November 3, 2021, with Isabell C. May and Ashlie Kauffman Sarsgard, to introduce UMB's new anti-plagiarism tutorial to UMB faculty. The webinar provides a brief introduction to the tutorial developed specifically for the undergraduate and graduate-level programs at UMB. 

Time markers:

0:00 – 01:34 – Introductions

01:35 – 05:14 – Webinar intro and land acknowledgement

05:15 –  10:41 – Discussion question: Why do you think students plagiarize?

10:42 – 16:37 – Webinar Outline and Rationale for Developing the Tutorial 

16:38 – 36:48 – Six Highlights of the Tutorial

36:49 – 42:50 – Using the Tutorial (Implementation at the SSW and the Graduate School)

42:51 – 56:52 – Additional discussion, Quiz functionality and feedback, and concluding thoughts