Textual Appropriation in Engineering Master's Theses: A Preliminary Study

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 469-483

  Eckel, Edward J ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic writing; Information ethics; Patchwriting; Plagiarism; Textual appropriation

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; EDUCATION; ENGINEERING; ETHICS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH; RESEARCH ETHICS; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; STANDARD;

DISSERTATIONS, ACADEMIC AS TOPIC; EDUCATION, GRADUATE; ENGINEERING; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; PLAGIARISM; RESEARCH;

EID: 80053315753     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: 16605454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-010-9214-6     Document Type: Review

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