Academic Integrity Week Events

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This week is Academic Integrity Week. If you haven't attended any of the events, check these out!

Wednesday, September 23
11:30 AM – 12:20 PM, Love Library
Save Time & Organize! Citation Management Quick Tips (Part 1)

Need help keeping track of your readings, articles and your citations? Come and learn about some free and subscription citation management tools that can help you organize and manage your PDF’s and citations, easily access your documents, and format your bibliography and in-text citations.

12:30-1:30 PM , Love Library
Exploring Mendeley, in detail (Part 2)

Mendeley is a citation management tool that manages your references through a mobile app or desktop database. In this workshop, we’ll take an in-depth look at how to use this resource to organize and share research with your colleagues.

Thursday, September 24
Noon – 1:30 PM , Gaughan Center, Ubuntu Room
Exploring Integrity in the Classroom through Targeted Assignments

Promoting the study and exploration of integrity in the classroom establishes a firm basis for continuing to think and act with integrity. In this session, we’ll offer tips for studying and exploring integrity in the classroom. We’ll also discuss the latest instructional methods for promoting integrity in the classroom and beyond. This session is ideal for graduate teaching assistants, staff, and faculty.

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, Love Library, Peterson Rm. 221
Copyright, Fair Use, and Authors’ Rights

In this session you’ll learn more about U.S. copyright law, authors’ rights, and protecting your intellectual property. Find out more about copyright, fair use, and author rights, so that you’ll know how to make copyright law work in your favor: what to do, what to avoid, when to push back, and when to run away and live to fight another day.

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Love Library 224
Understanding U.S. Academic Integrity for International Students

Are the concepts of plagiarism, citation styles, and copyright making you nervous about writing academic papers? In this workshop for international students, we will discuss American citation expectations and discuss how to manage the cultural differences regarding academic work. This workshop will contain 4 half-hour mini-sessions: the basics of academic integrity, when to cite, how to cite properly, and why academic honesty matters. Students may stay for several or all sections.

Visit http://go.unl.edu/UNLIntegrity for a full listing of events. Throughout the week, use #UNLIntegrity on Twitter to share what integrity means to you.