Plagiarism
From CETL Resources for Teaching.
Cut-and-Paste Plagiarism
Preventing, detecting and tracking online plagiarism.
“Uni Cheats Racket”: A Case Study in Plagiarism Investigation
Article by Justin Zobel investigates an Australian case in 2001 in which around thirty students appear to have obtained material from a private tutor. Some details were reported in the press during 2003 when a student and the tutor were sentenced in court.
CSMonitor.com - Term Papers at the Click of a Mouse
1997 article discussing the easily availability of online term papers.
NPR : All Things Considered: Plagiarism
Realaudio-format radio report. NPR talks with Thomas Mallon, author of Stolen Words: Forays into the Origins and Ravages of Plagiarism, about the discovery of plagiarism by well-known authors such as Steven Ambrose, and research techniques which should help avoid the problem (Segment is 4 minutes and 30 seconds in duration).
NPR : All Things Considered : Preaching and Plagiarism
Realaudio-format radio report about the recent suspension of a clergyman for plagiarism (segment is 4 minutes and 15 seconds in duration).
NPR : All Things Considered: Internet & College Cheating
A Realaudio-format radio report about the temptation to cheat via the internet on college coursework and how professors are fighting this trend. (segment is 9 minutes and 30 seconds in duration).
Plagiarism and How to Avoid It
Techniques, listing references, self-tests and worksheets from David Gardner of the University of Hong Kong.
History News Network: What Is Plagiarism?
Definitions of plagiarism from the American Historical Association, Modern Language Association, and the American Psychological Association.
Plagiarism and the Internet
Bibliography of print resources on plagiarism and the web.
Copyright Issues on the Web
Briefly discusses the relationship between copyright and plagiarism.
Copy-Cats, Copyright & Clones
Internet plagiarism examples, remedies, proper behavior, and annotated related links.
A Few Words Pbout Plagiarism
Real examples of Internet copyright violations. How to avoid plagiarism and cite Web-based material appropriately.
Plagiarism and Anti-Plagiarism
Guide for teachers and faculty discussing some issues and responses to the problem.
BBC NEWS Magazine - Cut and paste
Bloggers are naming names, creating an award for news organizations who plagiarize weblogs without attribution.
BBC News - Web checks for student cheating
Detection software will search 800 million websites to stop students plagiarising from the internet.
Purdue University - Avoiding Plagiarism
A handout designed to help writers develop strategies for knowing how to avoid accidental plagiarism.
Dalhousie University: Plagiarism and Intellectual Honesty
Dalhousie's policies, news about plagiarism in university settings, and resources for faculty and students to help understand, avoid and detect plagiarism.
The Plagiarism Resource Center
Free software that allows teachers to compare papers and determine if one is plagiarized, plus links to other resources.
Cheating
Information that may be useful to readers interested in deterring "technology enhanced academic dishonesty".
Plagiarism: The Other Form of Flattery
We found a plagiarist. This is our form of 'web-gilante' justice.
Technology Exposes Cheating at U-Va. (Washingtonpost.com)
Physics professor's computer search triggers investigation of 122 students.
Center for Academic Integrity
Provides a forum to identify, affirm, and promote the values of academic integrity among students. It is affiliated with the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University.
Talking with Students About Plagiarism Don'ts and Dos
Describes language to use in a syllabus to help clarify what plagiarism is and what responsible writing practices are. Teachers are welcome to use any or all of the content in their own syllabi.
Plagiarism and Copyright Infringement
Article briefly discusses plagiarism in commercial and educational settings on the web.
Plagiarism: Definitions, Examples and Penalties
Documents used by the University of Kentucky Department of Chemistry.
CNN.com - Boston University takes on term paper firms
Boston University is suing eight companies that sell term papers over the Internet. The school wants the federal courts to enforce a Massachusetts law banning the sale of term papers.
Kimbel Library - Cheating 101: Internet Paper Mills
A list of Internet term paper and essay sites was compiled as part of a Teaching Effectiveness Seminar on cheating, plagiarism and Internet paper mills.
Lemonade Plagiarism Tutorial
Professor's tutorial refuting excuses and bad logic used to try to justify plagiarism.
John Templeton Foundation: College and Character
An initiative to encourage colleges and universities to do as much as they can to reinforce the positive values instilled by parents, such as honesty, compassion, self-discipline, and respect.
UIUC Computer Science Cheating Policy
From the University of California, Irvine.
Educause: Term Paper Mills, Anti-Plagiarism Tools, and Academic Integrity
Article taken from the October 2001 issue of Educause Review.
Combating Cybercheating - Resources for Teachers
Links to discussions of plagiarism and techniques to combat it.
The New Plagiarism
Highlights differences between 'electronic' plagiarism and traditional plagiarism.
Georgetown University: What is Plagiarism?
Answers common questions that college students may have on the subject and confronts some of their excuses for not giving proper credit to their sources.
School of Education, Indiana University: How to Recognize Plagiarism
A tutorial with many examples, practice questions with feedback, and a test.
Plagiarism
What It is and How to Recognize and Avoid It. From Indiana University Writing Resources page.
Plagiarism Advisory Service at Northumbria University
Access to a range of resources relating to the prevention and detection of plagiarism in the academic community.
Electronic Plagiarism Seminar
Tips for preventing and identifying plagiarism, including scientific fraud. Lists of plagiarism detection software sites and term paper mills. Bibliography and webography.
Internet Essay Exposer
Use this resource to confirm if an essay was created by the student who submitted it, or copied in part or in full from the web.
NYTimes.com- Colleges Use Sites to Expose Cheaters
Account of how a University of California at Berkeley professor caught students cheating.
Plagiarism Today (PT)
A site targeted at webmasters and copyright holders regarding the issue of plagiarism online.
Plagiarized.com
Works to help instructors and parents better understand how the internet can facilitate plagiarism. Presents strategies to prevent plagiarism, explains some of the underlying causes, and provides advice on dealing with confirmed cases of plagiarism. Links to news stories on the topic are provided.
The Impact of Technology on Plagiarism Prevention and Detection
White paper by James Douglas Beasley subtitled, "Research Process Automation, a New Approach for Prevention." Argues that technology can prevent accidental plagiarism and reduce the temptation and ability to do it on purpose.
Antiplagiarism.com
Publisher's site providing information about The Plagiarism Handbook, a book with information about preventing, detecting, and dealing with plagiarism.
Avoiding Plagiarism
Examples and practice exercises from Rio Salado College.
Salon - The Web's Plagiarism Police
Author writes how plagiarism.org found a copy of the author's thesis online but did not recognize it as such. It instead flagged the author as a plagiarist. Plagiarism detection in general is also discussed.
SparkNotes: The Plagiarism Plague
Study guide company explains its stance on plagiarism, explains what it is and how to entirely avoid it.
In Praise of Plagiarism
Russ Hunt writes, "The challenge of easier and more convenient plagiarism is to be welcomed. This rising tide threatens to change things for... the better."
Technorati: Plagiarism
Links to various weblog entries dealing with the topic of plagiarism (as self-described by their authors).
Email 'cheating' students face mass expulsion (The Register)
A group of students accused of sharing "programming solutions" by email now face fines or expulsion.
Downloadable Term Papers: What's a Prof. to Do?
Article by Tom Rocklin.
Plagiarism: A Guide For Law Lecturers
Alison Bone, University of Brighton, provides basic information on the nature of plagiarism and how to prevent it, supplemented by extracts from the University of Brighton's student guide on plagiarism.
Antiplagiarism Strategies
Ideas to use in preventing and detecting plagiarism.
Web Miner: Plagiarism
Clearinghouse for articles, resources, and information about plagiarism.
Wired News: Electronic Snoops Tackle Copiers
Plagiarism detection software isn't just for academic papers any more.
Wired News: Noted War Blogger Cops to Copying
Sean-Paul Kelley, owner of the blog he named The Agonist, got caught fraudulently writing about the invasion of Iraq by plagiarizing a paid news service called Stratfor.
Wired News: Catching Digital Cheaters
Term paper websites are proliferating and making a lot of money. Digital tools and services have been created to catch the cheaters who use the purchased papers or who cut and paste from various internet sites.
Wired News: Plagiarist Booted; Others Wait
One student has been expelled, and more than 100 cases of plagiarism remain to be resolved at the University of Virginia after a physics professor used a computer program to catch students who turned in duplicate papers, or portions of papers that appeared to have been copied.
Wired News: Cheating's Never Been Easier
Faculty in high schools and colleges say the internet is making cheating too easy and too tempting.
Wired News: Where Cheaters Often Prosper
Purveyors of collegiate prose are finding life on the dark side of online commerce quite lucrative.
Wired News: Thin Line Splits Cheating, Smarts
Google Answers sometimes takes school kids up on the offer to answer homework questions or parts of assignments for a price.
Wired News: Got Cheaters? Ask New Questions
Better questions as an antidote for rampant Internet plagiarism.
Catching Computer Science Cheaters (Wired News)
Academic plagiarism has long been a problem in computer science faculties, but instructors and other university staff are increasingly turning to a series of free, Web-based tools to ferret out plagiarized code and catch cheaters.
Plagiarism and the Web
Presents a concise list of methods for combating plagiarism in the classroom. From Bruce Leland of Western Illinois University.
SCC-LRC/Library: Research Guide for Plagiarism
A collection of Internet links and information on plagiarism.
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