3.7 Plagiarism Policy
Students, upon first registration into the program, are required
to confirm in writing by signing the Intellectual
Honesty Form that they have read and understood the University regulations
on Intellectual Honesty, Discipline, and Senate Discipline Committee as described
in the Graduate Calendar and in http://www.registrar.dal.ca/calendar/front/univregs.htm
It is the policy of the Faculty to refer all suspected
cases of plagiarism to the Senate Discipline Committee. One of the many
elements of the policy defines plagiarism as "the
presentation of the work of another author in such a way as to give one's reader
reason to think it to be one's own". To avoid this kind of plagiarism
in connection with web sources, you must fully reference your sources in your
class project reports and thesis. Verbatim (word by word) quotations from web
sources should be enclosed in quotation marks and
a precise URL reference with date of access should be given so that:
- the reader can immediately associate the quotation or paraphrased text in
your report with the original reference
- the reader can directly access the text of the original source without
any search.
Therefore, giving the URL of a large web site that contains your web source
(e.g. http://www.dal.ca for the University regulation above) is not acceptable.
Read the detailed guidelines
about how to avoid plagiarism.
Resources for instructors: detecting plagiarism