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Academic Integrity & Avoiding Plagiarism

Four Tips for Avoiding Plagiarism

Academic Integrity at Mount Saint Vincent University
An interactive approach to conveying the values of academic integrity, clarifying the meaning of plagiarism, and introducing the basics of citations.

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