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Keeping a Lid on Plagiarism: Resources


Academic Integrity
  

Academic Integrity. 25 October 2001. Office of Student Judicial Affairs, University of California, Davis. 7 March 2002 <http://sja.ucdavis.edu/>.
 
 
Carroll, Jude and Jon Appleton. Plagiarism:A Good Practice Guide. May 2001. Joint Information Systems Committee. 29 April 2002. <http://www.jiscpas.ac.uk/apppage.cgi?USERPAGE=6296>.
Posits that the best way to curb plagiarism is in maintaining consistency in the application of policy to academic matters.
  
 
Center for Academic Integrity. 2002. Duke University. 7 March 2002 <http://www.academicintegrity.org/>.
  
 
FAS Work Group on Academic Integrity. Fostering Academic Integrity at Rutgers. Summer 1998. Rutgers University. 7 March 2002 <http://teachx.rutgers.edu/integrity/faculty.html>.
 

McCabe, Donald and Patrick Drinan. "Toward a Culture of Academic Integrity." Chronicle of Higher Education 15 October 1999:B7. Academic Search. EBSCO. Albin O. Kuhn Library, University of Maryland Baltimore County. 7 March 2002 <http://www.epnet.com/>.

McCabe, Donald and Gary Pavela. "Some Good News About Academic Integrity. Change Sep.-Oct. 2000:32-38. Academic Search. EBSCO. Albin O. Kuhn Library, University of Maryland Baltimore County. 7 March 2002 <http://www.epnet.com/>.

McCabe, Donald and Linda Klebe Trevino. "Honesty and Honor Codes." Academe Jan.-Feb. 2002:37-41. Academic Search. EBSCO. Albert S. Cook Library, Towson University. 21 January 2004 <http://www.epnet.com/>.

McMurtry, Kim. "E-cheating: Combating a 21st Century Challenge." THE Journal Nov. 2001:36-40. Academic Search. EBSCO. Albin O. Kuhn Library, University of Maryland Baltimore County. 7 March 2002 <http://www.epnet.com/>.


Mophis, Rebecca and Lani Harac. "On my Honor." Carolina Alumni Review Sep.-Oct. 2001: 30-45.


Navarro, Joseph, Clark D. and D. Halley. Strategies To Promote Academic Integrity. 2002. University of California, Santa Barbara. 7 March 2002 <http://www.oic.id.ucsb.edu/Resources/Teaching/Integrity.html>.

  


Roth, Lorie. "Educating the Cut- and- Paste Generation." Library Journal 1 Nov. 1999:42-44. Academic Search. EBSCO. Albin O. Kuhn Library, University of Maryland Baltimore County. 7 March 2002 <http://www.ebsco.com/>.

 
Comprehensive Sites
 
Cyberplagiarism: Detection and Prevention. 15 April 2002. Teaching and Learning with Technology, Penn State University. 29 April 2002 <http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/cyberplag/>.
General information for faculty plus information on causes, prevention, detection, policies. Bibliography and a student quiz are included but quiz is not accessible to non-Penn Staters.

Mahoney, Brenda. Plagiarism in the Internet Age. 2 April 2002. Learning Resource Centre Library, Algonquin College. 10 April 2002 <http://www.algonquincollege.com/lrc/research/plagiarism.htm>.
Suggestions for avoiding plagiarism and a webliography of resources including samples of ethical conduct statements, suggestions for assignments, and tips for teaching about plagiarism.


Michaelsen, Karen. Plagiarism: Strategies for Addressing and Preventing Plagiarism in the Digital Age. February 2002. Seattle Central Community College. 7 March 2002
< http://seattlecentral.org/faculty/kmicha/plagiarism/index_files/frame.html>.

 


Nowakowski, Fran. Faculty Resources: Plagiarism. 25 April 2003. Dalousie University Libraries. 21 May 2003 . <http://plagiarism.dal.ca/faculty/index.html>.
Covers all the bases: detecting, tracking, prevention (educating the student and assignment design), and detection services.


Pearson, Gretchen. Electronic Plagiarism Seminar. 3 April 2002. Noreen Reale Falcone Library, Le Moyne College. 10 April 2002 <http://www.lemoyne.edu/library/plagiarism/index.htm>.
Very comprehensive. Includes preventions strategies, guides for educators and students, lengthy list of term paper sites, plagiarism detection sites, and bibliography.
 
Plagiarism. University of Maryland University College. 10 April 2002 <http://www.umuc.edu/>.
Click on the Search button and in the box on the resulting page, type plagiarism. Lists a number of resources for faculty and students, including assignment design and online modules to teach students about citing sources and paraphrasing.
 


Stillwell, Lisa. Plagiarism: A Resource for Faculty. January 2001. Franklin & Marshall College. 7 March 2002 <http: //library.fandm.edu/plagiarism.html>.
  Detection  

Plagiarism Clues Checklist
Use this checklist to help you evaluate the citations, quality, style, and format of a paper that you suspect is plagiarized.
 


Plagiarism Tracking Report
Use this form to help you keep track of the steps that you have taken in determining if a paper has been plagiarized.

Bates, Peggy and Margaret Fain. "Detecting Plagiarized Papers." Cheating 101: Paper Mills and You. 30 January 2002. Coastal Carolina University. 10 April 2002 <http://www.coastal.edu/library/presentations/papermil.html>.
Hints for determining if papers are plagiarized.

Harris, Robert. Anti-Plagiarism Strategies for Research Papers. 7 March 2002. VirtualSalt. 10 April 2002 <http://www.virtualsalt.com/antiplag.htm>.
List of clues for deciding if plagiarism is indicated.


Ryan, Julie J.C.H. "Student Plagiarism in an Online World." Prism Online . December 1998. American Society for Engineering Education. 10 May 2002 <http://www.asee.org/prism/december/html/student_plagiarism_in_an_onlin.htm>.
Suggestions for detecting plagiarism including the issues of context change, missing footnotes and false references. Discusses why faculty should not "turn a blind eye to plagiarism."

Evaluation of Detection Services

Bull, Joanna, et al. Technical Review of Plagiarism Detection Software Report. September 2001. Joint Information Systems Committee. 10 April 2002 <http://www.jiscpas.ac.uk/apppage.cgi?USERPAGE=6295>.
Test and evaluation of five services.

Dehnart, Andy. "The Web's Plagiarism Police." 14 June 1999. salon.com. 10 April 2002 <http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/06/14/plagiarism/index1.html>.
Discusses tracking plagiarism particularly with Plagiarism.org and EVE. Mentions positive and negatives of the services. Recommends caution when using services and gives some of the reasons for false positives.

Gillis, Theresa and Janeanne Rockwell-Kincanon. "Comparison of Plagiarism Detection Services." From Download your Workload to the Evil House of Cheat:Cybercheating, Plagiarism, and Intellectual Property Theft. 22 March 2000. Online Northwest 2000. 10 April 2002 <http://www.wou.edu/provost/library/about/staff/kincanon/plagiarism/presentation_files/frame.htm>.
Evaluation chart of six detection services and software: plagiarism.org, Glatt, IntegriGuard, CopyCatch, EVE, and WordCHECK.

Satterwhite, Robin and Marla Gerein. Downloading Detectives:Searching for On-Line Plagiarism. 2 April 2001. Colorado College. 10 April 2002 <http://www.coloradocollege.edu/Library/Course/webplag2.html>.
PowerPoint presentation that reports on a study of four different services and several search engines.


Young, Jeffrey R. "The Cat-and-Mouse Game of Plagiarism Detection." Chronicle of Higher Education 6 July 2001:A26. 20 April 2002 <http://chronicle.com/free/v47/i43/43a02601.htm>.
Discusses the current situation including recent high-profile cases.

Paper Mills

Bates, Peggy and Margaret Fain. "Internet Paper Mills." Cheating 101:Paper Mills and You. 13 March 2002. Coastal Carolina University. 10 April 2002 <http://www.coastal.edu/library/presentations/papermil.html>.
Check the section "Current State of Internet Paper Sites" for a huge up-to-date list (unannotated) of links to paper mill sites.
Teaching Resources  
Nowakowski, Fran. "List of Assignments Which Can Help Prevent Plagiarism." Detecting and Preventing Plagiarism. 3 April 2003. Dalhousie University Libraries. 21 May 2003 <http://plagiarism.dal.ca/faculty/assignexamples.html>.
List of 53 possible assignments that can help prevent plagiarism with descriptions of the assignments and the skills they reinforce. From Dalhousie University Library.
  
 
Plagiarism: What It Is and How to Recognize and Avoid It. 13 February 2002. Writing Tutorial Services, Indiana University, Bloomington. 10 April 2002 <http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/plagiarism.shtml>.
Good web page to teach students about plagiarism, which includes examples of acceptable and unacceptable paraphrases.
  
 


Senechal, Greggory, et al. Plagiaized.com:The Instuctor's Guide to Internet Plagiarism. 1997-2001. Plagiarized.com 10 April 2002 <http://plagiarized.com/workshop.html>.
Sample essays, which can be used in a hands on exercise for detecting plagiarism. Permission required. (JG was granted permission quickly via email and adapted the papers to illustrate the points she wanted to make.)

 

 
  Librarian Resources
 		 
 
Auer, Nicole J. and Ellen M. Krupar. "Mouse Click Plagiarism: The Role of Technology in Plagiarism and the Librarian's Role in Combating It." Library Trends 49 (2001): 415-33.
 


Brandt, D. Scott. "Copyright's (Not So) Little Cousin, Plagiarism." Computers in Libraries May 2002: 39-41. Academic Search. EBSCO. Albert S. Cook Library, Towson University. 15 May 2002 <http://www.epnet.com/>.
Focus on librarian's role in teaching about plagiarism, including suggested pedagogical strategies.

 


Resources compiled by Judy Goodyear, Sara Nixon, Debbie Robinson, and Simmona Simmons-Hodo for "Keeping a Lid on Plagiarism: Whose Responsibility?" BIIG/ARLD Workshop held 22 March 2002.

The URL for this document is http://pages.towson.edu/sara/biigplagi1.html

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