The Geology Department has adopted the following policy regarding the use of Internet materials in student assignments. The Graduate Student Handbook was amended on the same date to include this material. Introduction The Geology Department encourages students to use Internet for gathering data for student papers and assignments.
Internet is just one source of data, and a rather incomplete one at that.
There are few or no quality assurance controls on web documents and web data. The Geology Department judges work on the quality of research. We expect that students do thorough literature reviews and want papers to reflect this effort. Of prime importance is academic honesty. The Department expects that students will give credit for the work done by others, and take credit for their own work.