{"id":1392,"date":"2021-08-29T22:58:27","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T02:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/english\/?page_id=1392"},"modified":"2026-06-04T15:36:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T19:36:37","slug":"plagiarism","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/english\/plagiarism\/","title":{"rendered":"Plagiarism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Plagiarism<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT PLAGIARISM<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Students and scholars alike must be respectful of intellectual property. Therefore, when using borrowed material, it is imperative that you properly cite or give credit to the authors whose works you are using.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When submitting assignments in courses offered by the Department of English, Languages &amp; Media Studies, please use the Modern Language Association (MLA) format to cite borrowed material. The particulars of this format are outlined in your style guide or writer\u2019s handbook. Proper citation includes parenthetical citations for paraphrases and quotes followed by a works cited page at the conclusion of your paper or presentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you knowingly or unknowingly use borrowed material from any source\u2014including websites, databases, journals, magazines, books, and so on\u2014and fail to give credit, then you have committed plagiarism. &nbsp;Plagiarism is a most serious example of academic dishonesty with grave consequences.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/91\/2023\/08\/plagiarism.pdf\">Some General Guidance to Assist You in Avoiding Plagiarism<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/91\/2023\/08\/Academic-Honesty-Statement-A.pdf\">The UMES Academic Honesty Policy<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/91\/2023\/08\/Academic-Honesty-Statement-B.pdf\">UMES Procedures for Reviewing Charges of Plagiarism<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plagiarism IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT PLAGIARISM Students and scholars alike must be respectful of intellectual property. Therefore, when using borrowed material, it is imperative that you properly cite or give credit to the authors whose works you are using. When submitting assignments in courses offered by the Department of English, Languages &amp; Media Studies, please use&#8230;<span class=\"cpschool-read-more-link-holder\"><a class=\"btn btn-basic cpschool-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/english\/plagiarism\/\">Read more <span class=\"sr-only\">Plagiarism<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"folder":[],"class_list":["post-1392","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1392\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/folder?post=1392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}