TurnItIn
Turnitin is software that the university subscribes to that detects potential plagiarism. It will generate a “similarity” score that indicates the percentage of the student’s paper that matches the vast content in Turnitin’s database. Your professor can add a dropbox in Pilot for this tool so that you can use it.
More resources
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Citing Your SourcesA WSU Libraries guide to citing your sources in many different styles.
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Wright State Writing CenterA free writing consultation service for Wright State students.
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CopyrightA Wright State University Libraries guide to U.S. Copyright law and using copyrighted content.
Reading and note-taking
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In your notes, always mark someone else's words with a big Q, for quote, or use big quotation marks
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Indicate in your notes which ideas are taken from sources with a big S, and which are your own insights (ME)
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When information comes from sources, record relevant documentation in your notes (book and article titles; URLs on the Web)
Avoiding Plagiarism from the Office of Research Integrityat the U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services
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Avoiding plagiarism, self-plagiarism, and other questionable writing practices: A guide to ethical writingA very thorough module-based guide intended to help students, as well as professionals, identify and prevent questionable practices and to develop an awareness of ethical writing. This guide was written by Miguel Roig, PhD, from St. Johns University with funding from ORI.
