For Undergraduate Students

Make sure you read Trent’s Undergraduate Academic Integrity Policy: PDF | MS Word

To help you understand the policy and the procedures that will be followed if you are ever accused of academic dishonesty check out these Frequently Asked Questions. 

Check out the Integrity Policy Procedures Flowchart [PDF]; print a copy and keep it handy. 

There are lots of other useful resources to help you understand what academic dishonesty is and how to avoid it:

Avoiding Plagiarism Tip Sheet from Trent’s Academic Skills Centre. Consider attending one of the ASC workshops on plagiarism.

Ten Rules of Academic Integrity from the University of Guelph website - well worth printing out and posting on your bulletin board.

How Not to Plagiarize - a great resource from the University of Toronto.

Several useful tutorials from the Vaughan Memorial Library at Dalhousie University. Includes how to search for and use web resources appropriately, avoid plagiarism, and research information for your paper or lab report. 

This tutorial from Brock University covers several academic integrity topics including plagiarism, inappropriate collaboration, and falsifying data. It also has some quiz questions to test your knowledge.

UOIT’s plagiarism prevention site. This one has lots of useful activities to help you learn about what is considered dishonest and has a quiz so you can test your own knowledge. 

University of Waterloo. 2005. “Avoiding Academic Offences.”  Faculty of Arts.