Plagiarism  
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Plagiarism
General Common Sources of Plagiarized Materials:  
Detection Services
Articles
Search Engines
        Paper Mills
Student Information
"Literary Criticism" Sites
Self Tests & Quizzes
General Sites on Plagiarism

Defining & Avoiding Plagiarism:  The WPA Statement on Best Practices   (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
http://www.wpacouncil.org/node/9

Guide to Plagiarism and Cyber-Plagiarism
http://www.library.ualberta.ca/guides/plagiarism/index.cfm

Plagiarism: Strategies for Addressing and Preventing Plagiarism in the Digital Age.
(Karen Michaelsen, SCCC Librarian)
http://www.seattlecentral.org/faculty/kmicha/plagiarism/

Plagiarism:  What It is and How to Recognize and Avoid It  (John Peterson, Indiana University)
http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/plagiarism.shtml

Anti-Plagiarism Strategies for Research Papers  (Robert Harris, Virtual Salt)
http://www.virtualsalt.com/antiplag.htm
This author has written an excellent resource, The Plagiarism Handbook , which is available in Ely Library.

Cheating 101: Internet Paper Mills and You  (Coastal Carolina University)
http://www.coastal.edu/library/presentations/papermil.html
(Use Netscape 6.x or Internet Explorer)

Easy Steps to Combatting Plagiarism
http://www.coastal.edu/library/presentations/easystep.html
(Use Netscape 6.x or Internet Explorer)

Thinking About Plagiarism  (Nick Carbone)
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/technotes/workshops/plagiarismhelp.htm

Plagiarism Stoppers: A Teacher's Guide   (Jane Sharka)
http://www.ncusd203.org/central/html/where/plagiarism_stoppers.html

Plagiarism.org
http://www.plagiarism.org/

Articles
Boehm, Diane Christian and Taggett, Laura. About Plagiarism, Pixels and Platitudes . 1998. Saginaw Valley State University, MI. 19 April 2002 <http://kairos.technorhetoric.net/3.1/binder2.html?coverweb/boehm/pixels.htm>.

Vernon, Robert F., Bigna, Shirley, Smith, Marshall L. " Plagiarism and the Web ." Winter 2001. Journal of Social Work Education,  37, 193-. Expanded Academic ASAP. Gale Group.  Westfield State Coll. Lib., Westfield. (WSC Login Required)

McKenzie, Jamie. "The New Plagiarism: Seven Antidotes to Prevent Highway Robbery in an Electronic Age" . May 1998. From Now On: The Educational Technology Journal, 7 (8). <http://www.fno.org/may98/cov98may.html>.

Van Belle, Greg. How Cheating Helps Drive Better Instruction . Department of English, Edmonds Community College. 23 April 2002 <http://www.plagiarized.com/vanb.html>.

Standler, Ronald B. Plagiarism in Colleges in USA . 2000. Ronald B. Standler.
25 May 2004 <http://www.rbs2.com/plag.htm>.
This paper covers legal cases both in and out of Massachusetts relating to plagiarism at the college level.  Standler is an attorney.

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Common Sources of Plagiarized Materials: Back to Top 
Commercial Detection Services
Note, Plagiserv was bought by MyDropBox.com and no longer exists as a free service.

MyDropBox.com    (Caution:  view with minimum of Netscape 6.0 or IE 5)
http://www.MyDropBox.com/
This tool compares papers in its own file, monitors Paper Mill sites, and searches 1.3 billion Internet pages when "checking originality of the paper."

Glatt Plagiarism Services
http://www.plagiarism.com/

Turnitin.com
http://www.turnitin.com/

 
Purdy, James P.  "Calling Off the Hounds:  Technology and the Visibility of Plagiarism."  Pedagogy, 2005, Vol. 5, Issue 2 275-296 http://scroll.lib.wsc.ma.edu:2048/login?url=http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/pedagogy/v005/5.2purdy.html (WSC Login Required).
Royce, John. ?Has Turnitin.com Got It All Wrapped Up??  Teacher Librarian, Apr2003, Vol. 30, Issue 4 http://scroll.lib.wsc.ma.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.epnet.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=9460777


(WSC Login Required).

Bull, Joanna, Coughlin, Elisabeth, Collins,  Carol and Sharp, Dale. Detection Technology:  A Review .  University of Luton and Computer-assisted Assessment Centre. 18 April 2002 <http://www.jisc.ac.uk/uploaded_documents/luton.pdf>

Student Information

Avoiding Plagiarism   (Purdue Writing Lab)
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/print/research/r_plagiar.html

The Puzzling Paraphrase   (©1995 Mary Backes, St. Cloud State Univ.)
http://web.stcloudstate.edu/scogdill/339/paraphra.html

How to Recognize Plagiarism  (Writing Tutorial Services, Indiana University)
http://www.indiana.edu/~istd/

Handouts for Students   (University of Alberta)
http://www.library.ualberta.ca/guides/plagiarism/handouts.html

Avoiding Plagiarism   (University of British Columbia)
http://www.library.ubc.ca/home/plagiarism/for-students.doc

Using Sources   (Sharon Williams, Hamilton College)
https://my.hamilton.edu/academics/resource/wc/Using_Sources.PDF

Self Tests, Exercises, and Quizzes on Plagiarism
Student Resources Interactive Self-Test on Plagiarism  (NYU)
http://www.nyu.edu/classes/op/writing/student_resources.htm
Scroll down on this page for two Self Tests on Plagiarism. Do you know what it is?

Fairfield University Plagiarism Court   (created by Ramona Islam)
http://library2.fairfield.edu/instruction/ramona/plugin.html
"If you are using Internet Explorer 5 for Mac,....or Netscape 4.75 for PC, either use a different browser or choose the Text-Only Version of the Tutorial."  Watch out for double negatives in this quiz which can be confusing. Explanatory text is brief.

Academic Honesty and Intellectual Ownership Exercises  (University of Puget Sound, OR)
http://www.ups.edu/x15212.xml
You must scroll down on this page to access a set of 4 exercises for students' practice.  It is easiest to have students print out the essays and/or the exercises in order to complete the questions, as they do not appear on one screen.

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