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All students at SJSU are expected to uphold academic honesty. References to the definition of academic

honesty can be found at http://www.sjsu.edu/senate/f88!".htm #he $S %epartment places hi&h priorityon ensurin& that SJSU students maintain this expected standard of academic inte&rity. 'or instance( the

department routinely submits all )asters #hesis reports to a commercial pla&iarism detection ser*ice

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effecti*ely has the database contents of -oo&le includin& all web pa&es on the +nternet( %'s( theses(dissertations( and e*en pre*iously submitted term papers here at SJSU.

Since SJSU has a site license( + ha*e setup a free access area at #urn+t+n.com for students to scan their

own writin&s. +n this manner( students can feel confident that they ha*e properly cited the wor of other

authors and not potentially misrepresented it as their own ori&inal wor. Use #urn+t+n only to scan your

paper0 not to submit your term paper. +t is still re1uired that you turn in a hard 2and2 soft copy 3onphysical media4 of your term paper in class on the due date specified. #he #urn+t+n account is pro*ided to

students so that they can chec their own wor to ensure a proper le*el of citation in their writin&s before

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