Citing Your Sources
The Nimitz Library maintains a comprehensive collection of print sources for citing information, all of which are available in the Library's Reference Collection on the Main Floor.
You may also wish to consult a list of online sources for assistance with citation styles.
USNAINST 1610.3G (Honor Concept):
Chapter 4: Compromising Honor
Cheating by Plagiarism: Plagiarism is dishonorable. It involves using the words, information, insights, or ideas of another without crediting that person through proper citation. Proper documentation is required for all source material as discussed in the individual course policy statement which will be provided and explained by each instructor during the first session of each course. It is your responsibility to know the rules for proper citation - claiming ignorance of the proper citation rules is not an excuse for cheating. One can avoid plagiarism by fully and openly crediting all sources used. In the absence of guidance from the instructor, reference “the Modern Language Association of America” (standards and rules to be followed when referencing source material).
Effective 1 January 2006
USNA Statement on Academic Plagiarism
(From the Minutes of the 4 May 04 Faculty Senate Meeting)
STANDARD
Academic plagiarism is the use of the words, information,
insights, or ideas of others without crediting them through
proper citation. Unintentional plagiarism, or sloppy scholarship,
is academically unacceptable; intentional plagiarism is dishonorable.
You can avoid plagiarism by fully and openly crediting all
sources used.
GUIDELINES
1. Give credit where credit is due. Inevitably, you will
use other people's discoveries and concepts. Build on them
creatively. But do not compromise your honor by failing to
acknowledge clearly where your work ends and that of someone
else begins.
2. Provide proper citation for everything taken from others.
Such material includes interpretations, ideas, wording, insights,
factual discoveries, charts, tables, and appendices that
are not your own. Citations must guide the reader clearly
and explicitly to the sources used, whether published, unpublished,
or electronic. Cite a source each time you borrow from it.
A single citation, concluding or followed by extended borrowing,
is inadequate and misleading. Indicate all use of another's
words, even if they constitute only part of a sentence, with
quotation marks and specific citation. Citations may be footnotes,
endnotes, or parenthetical references.
3. Recognize the work of others even if you are not borrowing
their words. Theories, interpretations, assessments, and
judgments are all intellectual contributions made by others
and must be attributed to them.
4. Paraphrase properly. Paraphrasing is a vehicle for conveying
or explaining a source's ideas and requires a citation to
the original source. A paraphrase captures the source's meaning
and tone in your own words and sentence structure. In a paraphrase,
the words are yours, but the ideas are not. It should not
be used to create the impression of originality.
5. Cite sources in all work submitted for credit. Your instructor
may also require you to identify the contributions of others
in drafts you submit only for review. Ask your instructor
for his or her citation requirements and any discipline-specific
attribution practices.
6. Be cautious when using web-based sources, including Internet
sites and electronic journals. There is a common misperception
that information found on the Internet does not need to be
cited. Web-based information, even if anonymous, must be
appropriately cited. Do not cut and paste or otherwise take
material from websites without proper citation.
7. Provide a citation when in doubt. Always err on the side
of caution.
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