BUSN - Writing and Presenting
This guide provides resources to help with business communication, focusing on academic integrity, business writing, presentations, citing and referencing, and using web resources.
What is plagiarism? (Video)
Plagiarism: How to avoid it by Bainbridge College
Have fun and learn about the importance of citing your sources with this interactive tutorial produced by the Vaughan Memorial Library, Acadia University.
Why Cite?
In North American academic contexts, writers are expected to cite sources whenever they take ideas, information, or words from a source.
Failure to cite sources according to a standard style can result in plagiarism. Plagiarism most commonly involves:
- failing to cite a source
- citing a source but failing to use quotation marks to indicate borrowed wording
- following the original text too closely when paraphrasing
- Honesty in Academics (University of Calgary)Guidelines and resources to better prepare you in your work, and support you in understanding the rules set out by the administration.
- Is it plagiarism yet? (Purdue University)This resource offers advice on how to avoid plagiarism in your work.
- How to Recognize Plagiarism (Indiana U Bloomington)Tutorial that explains plagiarism with examples and includes a quiz.
How to avoid accidental plagiarism
Avoiding plagiarism (University of Guelph)
Avoiding plagiarism (Purdue University)
Principles of Paraphrasing (Harvard University Graduate School of Eduication)