1. MSE 101W: Academic Integrity + Citing Sources Applied Sciences Librarian, SFU Surrey Shane Plante

2. The plan Academic integrity What is it? How to avoid plagiarism Citing your sources Styles: IEEE, APA, etc. Getting help Questions (at any time)

3. What is ‘academic integrity’?

4. 1.3 “All members of the University community share the responsibility for the academic standards and reputation of the University. Academic integrity is a cornerstone of the development and acquisition of knowledge. It is founded on principles of respect for knowledge, truth, scholarship and acting with honesty. Upholding academic integrity is a condition of continued membership in the university community."

5. 1)Students feel pressure to maintain a high GPA. 2)They don’t know they’re plagiarizing. 3)They don’t think they’ll get caught. 4)They’re too lazy to do the work. A while ago, I asked a group of instructors at SFU: “Why do you think students plagiarize?” What do you think the instructors said?

6. Students are less likely to plagiarize if they –know what plagiarism is –know how to avoid it Avoiding plagiarism

7. You need an image for your essay. You go online and find one. You don’t cite the source of your image, because images on the web aren’t protected by copyright. You find a great idea in an article, so you use it in your paper. You don’t bother to cite the source of the idea because you’ve expressed it in your own words. You find a good passage in an article. You change a few words, so that it’s different from the original. This way, you don’t need quotation marks. You carefully cite the source. Is the scenario an example of plagiarism? Why or why not? A C B

8. What do you need to cite? What don’t you need to cite? Citing sources

9. SFU Library has a plagiarism tutorial.

10. Student Learning Commons Offers free workshops and one-to-one consultations on writing, studying, etc. Sample topics: –structuring your paper –paraphrasing sources –integrating quotations

11. Paraphrasing Two quick tips for paraphrasing … 1.Cover the original source while you paraphrase the idea(s) you want to include. 2.When you take notes, use your own words. The Student Learning Commons website has good handouts on topics like “Techniques for paraphrasing” and “Quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing”

12. Citations: A Brief Introduction http://youtu.be/IMhMuVvXCVw

13. Citing sources: in-text citations IEEE in-text example: … methods of electronic productivity [1]. APA in-text example: Hoffmann (2010) discussed electronic productivity …

14. Citing sources: Reference lists IEEE Reference list example for an electronic article: [1] L. Hoffmann, “Mine your business," Communications of the ACM, vol. 53, no. 6, pp. 18-19, June 2010. [Online]. Available: ACM Digital Library, http://dl.acm.org/. [Accessed Sept. 22, 2014]. APA Reference list example for an electronic article: Hoffmann, L. (2010). Mine your business. Communications of the ACM, 53(6), 18-19. doi:10.1145/1743546.1743555 What is different? What is the same? Note: Details matter.

15. Citing sources You can find links to a couple of IEEE citation guides on the MSE 101W library research guide.

16. Author(s) Journal title Article title Publication date Volume and issue number Page numbers A few things you’ll need for your citations: Citing sources

17. Managing citations Citation managers keep track of sources and can generate bibliographies for you. A few of the best known: –Zotero –RefWorks –Mendeley

18. Image credits Gears by Mark Shorter Map by Alessandro Suraci Crowdsourcing by Iconathon Quotation Marks by Hello Many Pickpocket by Proletkult Graphik Quiz by SuperAtic LABS Okay by Kobieta Tools by Juan Pablo Bravo Signpost by Juan Pablo Bravo Juggle by AnsteyDesign Thinking by Timothy Dilich All icons used were published with CC-BY licenses or are in the public domain. They all come from The Noun Project: thenounproject.comthenounproject.com In order of appearance:

19. The library provides many ways to get help: - In-person at the reference desk - Telephone - Email - IM - Text message - Student Learning Commons http://www.lib.sfu.ca/help/ask-us/ Getting help

20. Any questions?