Be Scholarly
Be Polite
Be Professional NETIQUETTE
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Be Respectful
Be Scholarly Be Polite
Do: Use proper language, grammar, Do: Address others by name or
and spelling. Be explanatory. Justify appropriate title, and be mindful of
your opinions. Credit ideas of your tone. Be polite as you would in
others; cite and link to scholarly a face-to-face situation.
resources.
Avoid: Misinforming others when Avoid: Using sarcasm, being rude,
you may not know the answer. If you or writing in all capital letters
are guessing about something, (shouting). Written words can be
clearly state that you do not have easily misinterpreted, as they lack
all of the information. facial expression, body language,
and tone of voice.
Be Professional Be Respectful
Do: Represent yourself well at all Do: Respect privacy. Respect
times. Be truthful, accurate, and run diversity and opinions that differ
a final spell check. Write in a legible, from your own. Communicate
black font, and limit the use of tactfully, and base disagreements
emoticons. on scholarly ideas or research
information.
Avoid: Using profanity or Avoid: Sharing another person's
participating in hostile interactions professional or personal
(flaming). information.