MLA Citations (9th ed.): Avoiding Plagiarism

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Buena Vista University believes that personal integrity and academic honesty are fundamental to scholarship. Accordingly, honesty in all academic matters is expected from all students.

Actions contrary to academic integrity will not be tolerated. Any attempt to cheat, misrepresent someone else's work as one's own, receive credit for work one did not do, obtain an unfair advantage over other students, or aid another student to do the above will be considered a breach of academic integrity. 

To learn more about Buena Vista University's policy on Academic Honesty, see Article VIII of the University Catalog.

Plagiarism is defined as representing another's ideas, words, expressions, or data in writing or presentation without properly acknowledging the source. This includes, but is not limited to:

• Misrepresenting another's work as one's original work
• Using someone else's idea without giving proper credit
• Failing to cite a reference or failing to use proper documentation
• Using works of another gained over the Internet and submitted as one’s own work

Turnitin is a plagiarism software program that compares students' papers to Internet sites, other student papers, some databases and other electronic resources for plagiarism. Your professor might ask you to use Turnitin as a part of your course, and you can also use it to double check your work.

For more information about Turnitin and plagiarism, click here.