ACADEMIC INTEGRITY VOCABULARY

AVID PROGRAM MS. WELCH

1). ACADEMIC INTEGRITYA quality or value or being honest and responsible in the academic world

2). CITATIONA reference to the author of a given work which can include name, title, page number, date and publishing information

3). COMMON KNOWLEDGEGeneral facts that do not have to be documented

4). IN-TEXT CITATION

A way to reference a source by giving immediate source information and authority without interrupting the flow of the text

DOCUMENTING AND CITING SOURCES

5). MLA – MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION

An organization that provides guidelines for documenting and citing sources during a research project

6). APA – AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATIONAnother organization that provides guidelines for documenting and citing sources during a research project

7. PARAPHRASETo re-work the ideas, words, and phrases and sentence structures of others and retell them in your own words

8. PLAGIARIZETo present the words and ideas of someone else as your own, without giving credit

9). RESEARCH PROJECT The steps students take in research1). Asking good focused questions2). Searching strategically3). Locating information4). Evaluating information5). Analyzing information6). Synthesizing information7). Documenting information8). Communicating new knowledge

10). SUMMARIZINGTo combine the main ideas of one or several authors using your own words into a significantly shorter formSources used in summaries need to be documented

11). QUOTETo speak or write the exact words of othersQuotes are written with quotation marks and need to be documented

12). WORKS CITED LIST

A complication (list) of all sources used in preparing a research projectAll quotes and paraphrases are included in this list