Academic Integrity
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity and honesty have always been important components to being a successful college student. However, today's online world has magnified the importance of acting with integrity and honesty in the college classroom. We offer you helpful information on just what Academic Integrity is and why it's important as well as information on how to avoid academic dishonesty and the pitfalls of plagiarism.
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Plagiarism Information
- Avoiding PlagiarismFrom the Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)
Why Cite?
Knowing Why To Cite
When researching, you must give credit where credit is due. The links in this part of the Help with Doing Research Guide will help you to do that correctly and according to the citation style required in your course.
- Using Sources: Why Cite?From the Yale University Library
- Why Cite . . .YouTube video from the University of Texas San Antonio Libraries.
- Why Cite?YouTube video from the Dowling College Library.
Academic Integrity Policies
Academic Integrity Policies
- Academic Integrity PolicyThis will take you to an important page of the CCCOnline Student Handbook; as a CCCOnline student, you need to read and understand this policy. Plagiarism is defined as part of the policy.
- CCCOnline Consequences of PlagiarismHere you will find information about the consequences for plagiarism for CCCOnline. Please be sure that you read this information closely and contact your instructor, the CCCOnline Program Chair or the CCCOnline Dead of Student Services with questions or concerns. You may also email advising@ccconline.org with any questions or concerns.
Looking for additional research information?
Looking for more research help? Check out the CCCOnline Library Toolkit and Resource LibGuides:
- Academic Integrity ToolkitAcademic integrity and honesty have always been important components to being a successful college student. However, today's online world has magnified the importance of acting with integrity and honesty in the college classroom. We offer you helpful information on just what academic integrity is and why it's important as well as information on how to avoid academic dishonesty and the pitfalls of plagiarism.
- APA ToolkitLooking for APA (American Psychological Association) guides? Look no further than CCCOnline's Toolkit here!
- CCCOnline Library ResourcesThis guide has been created to help you walk through some of the most commonly-asked research and library questions.
- Citation ToolkitLearn the nitty gritty details of citation with our step-by-step tutorial.
- Evaluating Sources ToolkitAfter you've located your sources, how can you tell which sources should be used in a given research paper or project? Find out in the CCCOnline Librarian's Evaluating Sources Toolkit.
- MLA ToolkitCCCOnline's one-stop for all things Modern Language Association (MLA)
- Online Reference ToolkitFrom the CCCOnline Library.
- Reading Scholarly Articles ToolkitDiscover strategies for reading and unpacking scholarly articles in your research.
- Research ToolkitOn this page, you'll find links to information on how to become more information literate - you'll become familiar with knowing when you need information, how to find that information and what to do with the information once you've found it. Take some time to browse though the tabs above.
- Writing ToolkitHere you'll find links to information on how to focus your topic, organize your paper, figure out the different types of essays, how to write more effective sentences and you'll find some grammar help as well.