Respecting the Rights of Others and Avoiding Plagiarism
We know that we are not supposed to plagiarize and we don't want to plagiarize, but the rules may not seem clear. Here are some guides aimed at those doing more advanced work:
From the Office of Research Integrity of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service, this guide covers the basics of avoiding plagiarism trouble and then explores the fine points of ethical authorship.
Here you can get advice on better paraphrasing, deciding authorship issues, avoiding ethical gray areas, and more. There is also a PDF version for download.
Addresses what can be a very difficult situation. A graduate student's work has already been reported in a published journal article. Can the same work be reported in the student's dissertation or thesis? Here is a guide from MIT Library staff.
From the "Scholarly Publishing" site provided by the UT Libraries. As an author, you may be able to negotiate keeping rights to your work that would otherwise go to the publisher.
