Plagiarism is an instance of the act of plagiarising.

Read the information about the key principles of academic honesty and a description of academic dishonesty or cheating.

Before you submit an assignment to Turnitin, you must ensure that you have not plagiarised any text in your assignment. The best way to do this is to know what plagiarism is, know how to cite and reference correctly and how to paraphrase. There are many avenues for you to approach to learn correct referencing techniques.

1. Your first port of call is your lecturer, course coordinator and/or your tutor.
2. Consult the University’s regulations, statues and guidelines.
3. The Student Learning Centre (SLC) located in the Kate Edgar Information Commons has both hard copies and online resources outlining correct referencing and offers various workshops on referencing. Visit the website for the Student Learning Centre.
4. For a definition of plagiarism and numerous self-help tips on correctly citing and quoting work, paraphrasing and referencing, see plagiarism.org.
5. You can find quality resources for correct referencing at Referen©ite.

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