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Plagiarism

For Students: What is it and how can I avoid it

Statement on Academic Dishonesty and Plagiarism
From the Penn College student guidebook.

Avoiding Plagiarism
From the Purdue University Online Writing Lab.

Avoiding Plagiarism:  Mastering the Art of Scholarship
From the Office of Student Judicial Affairs at the University of California Riverside.

Examples of Plagiarism
From Dalhousie University.

Plagiarism
By Earl Babbie, Professor of Sociology at Chapman University.

Plagiarism and the Web
By Bruce H. Leland, Professor Emeritus at Western Illinois University.

Plagiarism:  Definitions, Examples and Penalties
From the Department of Chemistry at the University of Kentucky.

Plagiarism: What It Is and How to Recognize and Avoid It
From Writing Tutorial Services at Indiana University comes a common-sense guide with numerous examples.

Quoting and Paraphrasing Sources
From the Writing Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing
From the Purdue University Online Writing Lab.

Student Guide to Plagiarism and Cyber-Plagiarism
From the Libraries at the University of Alberta.  Includes links to "Avoiding Plagiarism" and "Recommended Resources."

Synthesis:  Using the Work of Others
From the University of Maine at Farmington Writing Center and Mantor Library.

Using Sources
From Hamilton College.

Using Sources Effectively
From the Writing Center at the University of Richmond.

For Instructors: Prevention and Detection

Alternatives Assignments Requiring Library Research (It's Not a Research Paper)
From Columbia Gorge Community College.

The Center for Academic Integrity

Cheating 101:  Paper Mills and You
One of the best online guides for faculty by Margaret Fain, Head of Public Services, and Peggy Bates, Assistant Head of Public Services, Kimbel Library at Coastal Carolina University.

Cut-and-Paste Plagiarism:  Preventing, Detecting and Tracking Online Plagiarism
By Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, Coordinator of Information Literacy Services and Instruction at the University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign.

Cyberplagiarism:  Detection and Prevention
From Teaching and Learning With Technology, a unit of Information Technology Services at Penn State.

Designing Assignments and Presenting Them to Students and Deterring Plagiarism: Some Strategies
Both by Dr. Margaret Procter, Coordinator of Writing Support at the University of Toronto.

Designing Effective Writing Assignments and Helping Students Avoid Plagiarism
Both from the Effective Writing Program at the University of Maryland University College.

Electronic Plagiarism Seminar
By Gretchen Pearson, the Public Services Librarian at the Noreen Falcone Library, Le Moyne College.

Faculty Guide to Plagiarism and Cyber-Plagiarism
From the Libraries at the University of Alberta.  Includes links to "Why Students Plagiarize" and "Recommended Resources."

Guide to Diagnosing Plagiarism
From Northwest Missouri State University, this site lists "clues" that may be hints to you that a student is plagiarizing an assignment.  It also includes a checklist of of places you may want to search for parts of a paper, including specific databases.

Honesty and Honor Codes
Article by Donald McCabe and Linda Klebe Trevino, published in Academe.

Plagiarism
From SUNY Albany.

Plagiarism
By Sharon Stoerger, M.L.S., M.B.A.  Includes links to articles, case studies, and ethics resources.

Plagiarism Bibliography
By Rebecca Moore Howard, Associate Professor of Writing and Rhetoric at Syracuse University.

Plagiarism in Colleges in USA
By Dr. Ronald B. Standler, attorney and consultant.

Plagiarism.org
Although developed by the owners of the commercial plagiarism detection service, Turnitin.com, this site also contains articles and links to help define and prevent plagiarism.

Plagiarism: Strategies for Addressing and Preventing Plagiarism
An online slide show by Karen Michaelsen, Seattle Central Community College Library.

Preventing & Detecting Plagiarism: Top Three Strategies
By Robert A. Harris, author of The Plagiarism Handbook: Strategies for Preventing, Detecting, and Dealing with Plagiarism.  Also see his Anti-Plagiarism Strategies for Research Papers.

Talking About Plagiarism:  A Syllabus Strategy for Talking About Plagiarism with Students
By Nick Carbone, New Media Consultant.

Tools for Teaching:  Preventing Academic Dishonesty
By Barbara Gross Davis, University of California, Berkeley.

Quizzes, Tools, and Tutorials

Academic Integrity Quiz
From University of California.

Assignment Calculator
Great tool from the University of Minnesota.  Enter date you will begin the assignment, date it is due, and the subject of your topic and it calculates a timeline that tells you by what date certain things should be accomplished, such as writing a thesis, designing a research strategy, and finding and evaluating books and journal articles.

Dr. Cite Right
This interactive tutorial from Central Piedmont Community College is created in the style of JibJab.com and South Park.

Honor System/Plagiarism Self-Test
From Virginia Tech.

Plagiarism & Academic Integrity
An interactive tutorial using a cast of characters (including a talking parrot) and quiz from the Mabel Smith Douglass Library at Rutgers University.

The Plagiarism Court: You Be the Judge
An interactive tutorial and quiz from the DiMenna-Nyselius Library at Fairfield University.

Quiz 7:  Authorship and Plagiarism
From the Information Literacy Tutorial at Minneapolis Community and Technical College.

Researching Ethically
One of eight interactive modules in the Information Literacy Tutorial by Fran Nowakowski, a librarian at the Dalhousie University Libraries.  A guest login is available.

A Tutorial on Plagiarism
Created by William Badke, this tutorial explains plagiarism and provides guidance on means to avoid it.

You Make the Call
Plagiarism test from the Department of English at Northern Illinois University.