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Chapter 9:
Legal and Ethical Information Issues

Summary

You should now be able to:

Identify copyright, fair use, and public domain information issues.
Define plagiarism and identify examples.
Identify the need for citing sources in your work.
Identify the information needed to create a citation for key types of resources.
Be aware of some privacy and security issues when using information technology.
Understand some of the issues surrounding the censorship of information and its relationship to the First Amendment.

Expert Advice

Try the following resources for more information:

You Quote it, You Note it!: An interactive online tutorial from Vaughan Memorial Library at Acadia university.
Avoiding Plagiarism: The first video in the Research Skills for Students series.

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PLEASE NOTE: If you do not pass a quiz, you may retake it up to five times.
If you do not pass a quiz within five tries, you will need to meet with your instructor before you will be allowed to continue.