First-year university science and engineering students’ understanding of plagiarism

Higher Education Research and Development

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 199-216

  Yeo, Shelley ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academic integrity; Academic misconduct; Plagiarism

Indexed keywords

EID: 44449084837     PISSN: 07294360     EISSN: 14698366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07294360701310813     Document Type: Article

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