ONLINE CONFERENCE
Preventing and Detecting Plagiarism in the Digital Environment
The Center for Intellectual Property and Copyright at the University of Maryland-University College hosted a two-week asynchronous online workshop on plagiarism from April 2-13, 2001. Noted scholar Rebecca Moore Howard moderated the workshop, which will provide participants with an in-depth understanding of the plagiarism issues facing higher education in today's rapidly changing digital environment.WHAT IS PLAGIARISM? - TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE
A Statement on Plagiarism
From the Capital Community College Library. A good discussion of plagiarism and a short self-test.Cyberplagiarism: Detection and Prevention
From Penn State. Definition, Causes, Detection, Prevention Policies, References, and Quiz Resources. Includes an excellent set of Sample Quiz Questions (MS Word - .rtf file) for students.Plagiarism Self-test
From the University of Toronto Engineering Communication CentreWhat is Plagiarism? A Short Concept Lesson
by Ted Frick, Indiana University. Includes 10 self-test practice items.RECOGINIZING PLAGIARISM
Bibliography of Plagiarism Articles
by Rebecca Moore HowardCenter for Academic Integrity
From the Kenan Institute for Ethics, Duke UniversityCheating 101: Paper Mills and You
This site is an abbreviated version of a "Teaching Effectiveness Seminar" for faculty, developed by Margaret Fain and Peggy Bates from Coastal Carolina UniversityIn Praise of Plagiarism
Russ Hunt, St. Thomas UniversityPlagiarism in Colleges in USA
By Ronald B. Standler, Ph.D. (physics). Attorney and consultant in private practice in Massachusetts, concentrating in higher-education law and computer law.Plagiary and the Art of Skillful Citation
Lecture notes from "Introduction Introduction to Graduate Research" by John Rogers, Ph.D., Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine.Plagiarism and the Web
by Bruce LelandPlagiarism Policy, University of Michigan English Department
Directed to undergraduate studentsStudent Plagiarism in an Online World
An article by Julie J.C.H. Ryan, graduate teaching assistant and information security consultant at George Washington University.The Plagiarism Book
A student's manual by Edward G. Rozycki, Gary K. Clabaugh including a table of contents (from Amazon.com)The Plague of Plagiarism
by Dr. Irving Hexham, University of CalgaryToward a Culture of Academic Integrity (Password required)
By Donald L. McCabe, professor of organization management (Rutgers University-Newark) and founding president of the Center for Academic Integrity based at Duke University, and Patrick Drinan, Dean of Arts and Sciences, University of San Diego, who also has served as a president of the center. The Center provides many resources including an annual conference. (Chronicle of Higher Education, 10/15/1999).AVOIDING AND PREVENTING PLAGIARISM
Anti-Plagiarism Strategies for Research Papers
By Robert Harris, Vanguard University, Southern California. Preventive strategies for faculty to diminish the opportunities for student plagiarism. See his new book on plagiarism, The Plagiarism Handbook: Strategies for Preventing, Detecting, and Dealing with Plagiarism (2001, Pyrczak Publishing).Avoiding Plagiarism
By Sharon Williams, Hamilton University, Clinton, NYAvoiding Plagiarism: Mastering the Art of Scholarship
From the UC-Davis Student Judicial Affairs website, an overview of plagiarism with examples.Avoiding Plagiarism
From The Writing Place at Northwestern University, useful tips for avoiding two common forms of accidental plagiarism.Downloadable Term Papers: What's a Prof. to Do?
by Tom Rocklin, 1996How Not to Plagiarize
From the University of Toronto Code of BehaviourHow to Proctor From a Distance
From the Chronicle of Higher Education, 11/12/1999, an article by Dan Carnevale in which he discusses strategies faculty can use to prevent cheating in online courses.The New Plagiarism: Seven Antidotes to Prevent Highway Robbery in an Electronic Age
by Jamie McKenzie, in From Now On The Educational Technology Journal, (Vol 7, No. 8, May, 1998. The site provides useful strategies faculty can use to guide students toward deeper, rather than surface, understandings.Plagiarism and Anti-Plagiarism
A comprehensive web site that offers suggestions for using the web to identify instances of plagiarism.Plagiarism: What it is, and How to Avoid It
From the Biology Program Guide at the University of British Columbia, this site provides a comprehensive discussion of plagiarism including definitions of complete plagiarism, near-complete plagiarism, patchwork plagiarism and inadvertent plagiarism. The site was developed by Dr. Colin H. Gordon (Department of History, UBC), Professor Peter Simmons (President’s Advisory Committee on Student Discipline, UBC), and Dr. Graeme Wynn (Associate Dean of Arts, UBC).Plagiarism: What It is and How to Recognize and Avoid It
From the Writing Tutorial Services Library, Indiana University, Bloomington. While providing definitions and strategies for avoiding plagiarism, this site discusses the difference between common knowledge and interpreted information.Plagiarized Dot Com: The Instructor's Guide to Internet Plagiarism
This site offers samples of plagiarized essays to test your plagiarism identification skills.Preventing Plagiarism and Cheating - An Instructor's Guide
A book by Edward G. Rozycki and Gary K. Clabaugh (Amazon.com)Preventing Academic Dishonesty
by Barbara Gross DavisA Simple Way to Deter Plagiarism
Randy Cone, Professor of Management, University of New Orleans, in a letter to the editor, suggests a simple deterent to plagiarism (Chronicle of Higher Education, 07/17/1998)Whatever Happened to Bibliographies?
Robert Hauptman, professor of information media at St. Cloud State University and editor of the Journal of Information Ethics, discusses the scholarly role of bibliographies and book indeces. (Chronicle of Higher Education, 02/12/1999)CONSEQUENCES OF PLAGIARISM
- Adjunct Says Pursuit of Alleged Plagiarist Cost Him His Job at Fordham U.
Access requires subscription to the Chronicle. (Chronicle of Higher Education, 06/12/98)Communications-Department Head at Boston U. Resigns Over a Quote
Access requires subscription to the Chronicle. (Chronicle of Higher Education, 12/17/99)Why Professors Don't Do More to Stop Students Who Cheat
Access requires subscription to the Chronicle. (Chronicle of Higher Education, 01/22/99) "Some who have tried say that administrators, fearful of lawsuits, don't back them up". By ALISON SCHNEIDER. See the Chronicle Colloquy on Cheating (free access).ETHICAL AND LEGAL ISSUES
Plagiarism: a misplaced emphasis
Brian Martin, Journal of Information Ethics, Vol. 3, No. 2, Fall 1994, pp. 36-47.
Plagiarism-Detection Tool Creates Legal Quandary
When professors send students' papers to a database, are copyrights violated? By Andrea L. Foster, Chronicle of Higher EducaitonDETECTION SERVICES AND TOOLS
CopyCatch (£250)
Software from the UK that compares papers for instances of plagiarism. Does not search the internet.Eve2
Inexpensive Windows software you can download. Free15 day trial.Glatt Plagiarism Program
Self -instructional tutorial ($$) for learning about plagiarism and a software program ($$) to aid in detecting plagiarism.Integriguard.com
A commercial site which offers both free and fee-based services to instructors.Plagiarism.org | TurnItIn.com
Provides tools (and a free trial) for detecting plagiarism.Plagiarism Center, University of Virginia
The center distributes free software to detect plagiarism by comparing one paper against others. The software does not search text from external sources.Site author, Lou Bloomfield, Professor of Physics, is also gathering information on peoplesŐ experiences with plagiarism.Web Services Help Professors Detect Plagiarism
By Dan Carnevale, a brief discussion of web resources to aid faculty in detecting plagiarism (Chronicle of Higher Education, 11/12/1999).Web Site Checks Students' Papers Against Data Base to Detect Plagiarism
Access requires subscription to the Chronicle.(Chronicle of Higher Education, 12/11/1998)
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