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Plagiarism

Dear Student,

At Johns Hopkins University and in the Advanced Academic Programs we have a zero tolerance policy for plagiarism and other violations of our ethics policy. Ethics violations of any kind are taken seriously and may result in dismissal from our program. The best way you can keep yourself from committing an act of plagiarism is to be properly informed. At a minimum, please remember that any words taken verbatim from a source must be cited and contained within quotation marks. Even if you have paraphrased an idea from a source you must provide the appropriate citations. Ignorance of these principles will not be an acceptable excuse for violation of the policy.

For further information and assistance in determining when and how to properly cite your sources, please link to an excellent resource provided by the Eisenhower Library of Johns Hopkins University: library.jhu.edu/researchhelp/index.html. An equally useful resource with clear and specific definitions of plagiarism can be found at: turnitin.com/research_site/e_home.html.

Finally, please take the time to review our full ethics policy, located here.

If you have any questions regarding these policies, please do not hesitate to contact your instructor, the associate program chair for your discipline, or me. We all stand ready to help you understand the proper formats for academic attribution.

Sincerely,

Dr. Sarah B. Steinberg
Associate Dean, Advanced Academic Programs