Student Resources

Resources for Students

• Student Conduct Process
  • This webpage, from the Office of Student Life, is a good resource to get familiar with Western’s student conduct process and your responsibilities as a member of WWU’s student body.
• Student Rights in the Conduct Process
  • This webpage, from the Office of Student Life, is a good resource for students to learn their rights through the conduct process if any violation were to occur.
• Citation Guides
  • This webpage, from Western Libraries, is a good resource to get acquainted with the MLA and APA citation styles.
• Citation Tutorial
  • This is a good resource on how to responsibly create citations.
• Hacherl Research & Writing Studio
  • This resource links to the Hacherl Research & Writing Studio Hub which provides information on all the many services they provide to students.
• Tutoring Center
  • This resource links to the tutoring center website which provides all the information students need for scheduling, locations, and services the tutoring center provides.

Plagiarism Resources

• Why Cite?
  • This webpage, from Western Libraries, lists the many reasons why citations are important.
• Plagiarism detection at WWU
  • This is a webpage from ATUS about how plagiarism detection is implemented at Western.
• Plagiarism Overview
  • This webpage from Western Libraries gives a good overview of what plagiarism is and has a course on how to avoid plagiarizing.
    • How to Avoid Plagiarism course
• What is Plagiarism?
  • This article is from plagiarism.org and gives good insight into what plagiarism is.

AI Resources

• AI Detection at Western
  • This webpage from ATUS is a good resource for students on how Western utilizes AI detection.
• AI FAQ 
  • This webpage from ATUS has answers to many common FAQs about generative AI, AI-generated content, and AI detection tools.
• Academic Uses of AI for Students
  • This webpage from ATUS is a good resource for students about how AI can ethically be used as a tool for learning.
• Writing in an age of AI : Tools vs Detection
  • This video made in collaboration with ATUS demonstrates the use of writing tools like Grammarly and ChatGPT and how they can be in violation of Western’s standards against the use of generative AI.