1	Ethics in Research Lynn Berard, Principal Librarian, Engineering & Science Library October 2008
2	Plagiarism The act of appropriating the literary composition of another author, or excerpts, ideas, or passages therefrom, and passing the material off as one's own creation. Help in avoiding Plagiarism http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/589/01/
3	Plagiarism Words or ideas presented in a magazine, book, newspaper, song, TV program, movie, Web page, computer program, letter, advertisement, or any other medium Information you gain through interviewing or conversing with another person, face to face, over the phone, or in writing When you copy the exact words or a unique phrase Reprinted with permission from The Writing Lab & The OWL at Purdue and Purdue University.
4	To Credit or Document….. When you reprint any diagrams, illustrations, charts, pictures, or other visual materials When you reuse or repost any electronically-available media, including images, audio, video, or other media Bottom line, document any words, ideas, or other productions that originate somewhere outside of you. Reprinted with permission from The Writing Lab & The OWL at Purdue and Purdue University.
5	Plagiarism Citations sites: http://www.library.cmu.edu/Research/EngineeringAndSciences/Eng/citing.html Endnote (supplied by CMU for a fee; works with most databases from the library: http://www.cmu.edu/computing/software/all/endnote/index.html Free Sites: Bibme http://www.bibme.org/ Zotero http://www.zotero.org/ Check “Journal Author” instructions for each publisher http://pubs.asce.org/authors/book/generalresources/writingstyle.htm
6	Duplicate Publication/ Redundant Publication Become informed about journals/publications important to your field and choose wisely when submitting a paper to only ONE publication. If you are rejected, use the feedback from reviewers to improve your work, then send on to the NEXT publication. For continuing study results, be sure to only publish NEW studies, even when built on original work.
7	READ Scale – CMU pilot study
8	READ Scale – National Study
9	Falsification National Academy of Engineering, Online Ethics Center http://onlineethics.org/ http://onlineethics.org/CMS/5158.aspx?SearchTerm=falsification The Responsible Researcher: Paths and Pittfalls http://www.sigmaxi.org/programs/ethics/publications.shtml
10	Human/Animal Subjects Office of Sponsored Research http://www.cmu.edu/osp/ CMU Research Handbook http://www.cmu.edu/osp/research-handbook.html CMU Institutional Review Board (IRB) http://www.cmu.edu/osp/regulatory-compliance/human-subjects.html Research Guide for Animal Alternatives and Welfare http://www.library.cmu.edu/Research/LabSupport/
11	Conflict of Interest Center for Technology Transfer http://www.carnegiemellonctt.com/ Intellectual Property Policy: http://www.cmu.edu/policies/documents/IntellProp.html
12	Authorship National Academies Press http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=4917#toc Scholarly Communication/Open Access http://www.library.cmu.edu/Communication/ Directory of Open Access Journals http://www.doaj.org