Plagiarism Information for Sac State Students and Faculty

• What is Plagiarism CSUS Academic Honesty Policy excerpt w/link to complete policy and short accompanying definition.
  
  
• Why Students Should Avoid Plagiarism Informal survey of CSUS class.
  
  
• Why Students Should Avoid Term Paper Mills Four reasons.
  
  
• Examples of Plagiarism.  Included are examples that describe appropriate citations.

• Example 1--Plagiarism from print sources
  
  
• Example 2--Plagiarism from print sources
  
  
• Example 3--Plagiarism from the internet
  
  
  
• Plagiarism Resource Guide Links to CSUS and external resources

This site was created by the following faculty members at the request of Dr. Ric Brown, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs at CSUS (March 2004):

Bruce Bikle, Criminal Justice <bikleb@csus.edu>
Nick Burnett, Communication Studies <nburnett@csus.edu>
Don Dixon, Criminal Justice <drdixon@csus.edu>
Dan Melzer, Writing Program <melzer@csus.edu>
Rosemary Papalewis, Director, Center for Teaching <rpapalewis@csus.edu>
Mary Reddick, Library <mreddick@csus.edu>
Mark Stoner, Communication Studies <stoner1@csus.edu>