{"id":72,"date":"2020-03-26T14:03:36","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T14:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/deanofthecollege\/?page_id=72"},"modified":"2025-11-04T11:32:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T16:32:18","slug":"sources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/dean-of-the-college\/documents\/sources\/","title":{"rendered":"Going to the Source"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- Inserted by Dropdownizer plugin. Forces video embeds contained in dropdowns to have a size --><style>.dropdownizer__dropdown iframe { width: 100% !important; height: 100% !important; }<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Guide to Academic Integrity and Attribution at Vassar College<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Download&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1j_CkgmEKvolDn8TGBSBpk5SzRqVM9mva9t2xY6OG2fM\/edit?usp=sharing\">Going to the Source<\/a><\/em> (Google Doc)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This guide may help you in the following and similar situations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>you\u2019re new to college-level work<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a professor asks you to assess or join a scholarly conversation and you don\u2019t know how to do so<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>you\u2019re consumed with anxiety that a professor will not think your work is original<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>you\u2019re not sure how to quote or summarize a source<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>you have a paper due tomorrow but haven\u2019t started it because you are overwhelmed with a personal crisis, so you\u2019re tempted to cut and paste from the Internet<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a classmate asks to borrow your problem set \u201cjust to double-check my own work,\u201d and you aren\u2019t sure what to do<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>you\u2019ve been called before the Academic Panel for plagiarism and don\u2019t know what that means or what the implications are<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This guide does not provide detailed instructions on citation styles in different fields. As noted in Part V, disciplinary forms vary;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/library.vassar.edu\/research\/citing-sources\">more information about citing sources is available online<\/a>, which provides links to important handbooks and style manuals, both online and in print, as well as additional information about citation standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>None of this can substitute for conversation with your professors. Their job is to help you learn and answer your questions. When in doubt, ASK!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Co-authors<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<strong>Rebecca Edwards<\/strong>, Professor of History on the Eloise Ellery Chair<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<strong>Matt Schultz<\/strong>, Director, Vassar Writing Center<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<strong>Debra Bucher<\/strong>, Head of Research Services, Vassar College Library<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<strong>David T. Bradley<\/strong>, Associate Professor of Physics<br><em>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;March 2016 (Revised &amp; Expanded, March 2025)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Table of Contents<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list list-upper-roman\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1j_CkgmEKvolDn8TGBSBpk5SzRqVM9mva9t2xY6OG2fM\/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.rk2acgfxamnc\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1j_CkgmEKvolDn8TGBSBpk5SzRqVM9mva9t2xY6OG2fM\/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.rk2acgfxamnc\">Why we all have intellectual debts, and how to acknowledge them<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1j_CkgmEKvolDn8TGBSBpk5SzRqVM9mva9t2xY6OG2fM\/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.am5yqzq553bx\">How to approach reading, thinking, writing, and citing as integrated activities<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1j_CkgmEKvolDn8TGBSBpk5SzRqVM9mva9t2xY6OG2fM\/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.u0rmxzmbmulh\">Quoting, summarizing, and paraphrasing sources: a quick guide<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1j_CkgmEKvolDn8TGBSBpk5SzRqVM9mva9t2xY6OG2fM\/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.3aq63i8cx3n8\">Quoting and paraphrasing: some differences in the natural and social sciences<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1j_CkgmEKvolDn8TGBSBpk5SzRqVM9mva9t2xY6OG2fM\/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.ubdsuxaklb88\">Differences in citation form by academic field<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1j_CkgmEKvolDn8TGBSBpk5SzRqVM9mva9t2xY6OG2fM\/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.a32jm0qejc2f\">Citing electronic sources<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1j_CkgmEKvolDn8TGBSBpk5SzRqVM9mva9t2xY6OG2fM\/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.vtx4bqtaed37\">Citing work produced by Artificial Intelligence (AI)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1j_CkgmEKvolDn8TGBSBpk5SzRqVM9mva9t2xY6OG2fM\/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.psby302jlap6\">Making sure you give credit to the right sources<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1j_CkgmEKvolDn8TGBSBpk5SzRqVM9mva9t2xY6OG2fM\/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.wuosa1phsxhh\">Making sure you do not plagiarize in collaborative work<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1j_CkgmEKvolDn8TGBSBpk5SzRqVM9mva9t2xY6OG2fM\/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.17vc27k7gfbd\">How to know when you don\u2019t need to cite something<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1j_CkgmEKvolDn8TGBSBpk5SzRqVM9mva9t2xY6OG2fM\/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.5zjnt3chkh1f\">What happens at Vassar if a student is accused of plagiarism<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1j_CkgmEKvolDn8TGBSBpk5SzRqVM9mva9t2xY6OG2fM\/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.2sevmra4e8pq\">How to avoid a trip to the Academic Panel by using available resources<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1j_CkgmEKvolDn8TGBSBpk5SzRqVM9mva9t2xY6OG2fM\/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.k7sgvg6hls2h\">Take-away tips: a summary of key points<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Guide to Academic Integrity and Attribution at Vassar College Download&nbsp;Going to the Source (Google Doc) This guide may help you in the following and similar situations: you\u2019re new to college-level work a professor asks you to assess or join a scholarly conversation and you don\u2019t know how to do so you\u2019re consumed with anxiety 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