A number of Bowdoin College courses employ various kinds of collaborative assignments in several different situations, including homework, laboratory reports, and in-class assignments. When preparing such course work, students should follow the individual instructor's policy on collaboration. When the instructor permits collaboration among students, the use of another student's work or ideas should be credited properly. It is the obligation of students to be thoroughly familiar with proper citation of sources and to consult and refer to authoritative style guides for research papers. Students are particularly encouraged to consult the MLA Style Guides and Bibliographic Formats for Citing Electronic Information.
Plagiarism is possible with any work performed in any medium and any scholarly discipline.
Plagiarism also includes the unacknowledged use of materials prepared by another person or agency engaged in the selling of term papers or other academic materials.