Academic Integrity

Welcome to the DiMenna-Nyselius Library's guide to Academic Integrity.

This guide contains the following information:

• Academic Integrity Tutorials - Tutorials are available for FYE, ESL, undergraduate, and graduate students.
• Citation Guides - Guides are available for MLA, APA, Chicago, and IEEE. When available, links are provided to online versions of the manuals, as well as links to the citation management softwares RefWorks and Zotero.
• Previous Workshops - The DiMenna-Nyselius Library has been at the center of many conversations and workshops regarding academic integrity for several years. The materials and results of that work can be found in this section.
• External Resources - A selection of quality, reliable sources for additional support.

For more information, please contact Emily Porter-Fyke.

Fairfield University's primary purpose is the pursuit of academic excellence. All members of the Fairfield University community share responsibility for establishing and maintaining appropriate standards of academic honesty and integrity. This is possible only in an atmosphere where discovery and communication of knowledge are marked by scrupulous, unqualified honesty.

I understand that any violation of academic integrity wounds the entire community and undermines the trust upon which the discovery and communication of knowledge depends. Therefore, as a member of the Fairfield University community, I hereby pledge to uphold and maintain these standards of academic honesty and integrity.

Fairfield University Honor Code

According to the academic regulations published by Fairfield University, Plagiarism is listed among several possible acts of academic dishonesty.

Fairfield University defines plagiarism as "the appropriation of information, ideas, or the language of other persons or writers and the submission of them as one's own to satisfy the requirements of a course. Plagiarism thus constitutes both theft and deceit. Assignments (compositions, term papers, computer programs, etc.) acquired either in part or in whole from commercial sources or from other students and submitted as one's own original work will be considered plagiarism... The multiple submission of the same paper or report for assignments in more than one course without the prior written permission of each instructor" is considered self-plagiarism.