Combating Cybercheating: Resources for Teachers

Defining Plagiarism, Proper Citing: Guides for Students:

• A.P.A. and M.L.A. Style Guides.
  OWL Writing Lab - Purdue University
       (http://owl.english.purdue.edu/)
  
  
• How to Avoid Plagiarism: The movie.
  Rutgers University Libraries
      (http://library.camden.rutgers.edu/EducationalModule/Plagiarism/)
  
  
• Is it plagiarism yet?.
  Purdue University Online Writing Lab
       (http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/589/02/)
  
  
• Oops, I Plagiarized.
  University of California, Los Angeles
      (http://unitproj.library.ucla.edu/col/bruinsuccess/03/01.cfm)
  
  
• Plagiarism: The crime of intellectual kidnapping.
  San Jose State University
       (http://tutorials.sjlibrary.org/tutorial/plagiarism/selector.htm)
  
  
• The Plagiarism Court: You be the judge
  Online tutorial and quiz from  Fairfield University, Dimenna-Nyselius Library.
       (http://www.fairfield.edu/documents/library/plagicourt.swf)
  
  
• Virtual Academic Integrity Lab.
  Handouts and interactive tutorials from the Univ. of Maryland University College
      (www.umuc.edu/distance/odell/cip/vail/home.html
  
  
• You Quote It, You Note It!
  Vaughn Memorial Library, Acadia University
      (http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/plagiarism/)
  
  

Examples of plagiarized versus non-plagiarized sentences and paragraphs:


• Plagiarism - and How to Avoid It.
  By Sandra Jamieson, Drew University. Jan. 2005.
       (http://depts.drew.edu/composition/Avoiding_Plagiarism.htm)
  
  
• Plagiarism: What it is and how to recognize and avoid it.
  Indiana Univ. Bloomington. Writing Tutorial Services. April 2004.
       (http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/plagiarism.shtml)
  
  

Combating Cybercheating: Strategies for Teachers:

• Anti-Plagiarism Strategies for Research Papers.
  By Robert Harris. Nov. 2004.
       (http://www.virtualsalt.com/antiplag.htm)
  
  
• Cheating 101: Papermills and you
  Tip-offs to a Web-plagiarized paper by Margaret Fain, Kimball Library at Coastal Carolina Univ. Jan. 2005.
      (http://www.coastal.edu/library/presentations/papermil.html)
  
  
• Designing Online Courses to Discourage Dishonesty.
  By Barbara Christe. Nov. 2003.
        (http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/eqm0348.pdf
  
  
• Electronic Plagiarism Seminar.
  By Gretchen Pearson. June 2005.
       (http://www.lemoyne.edu/library/plagiarism/)
  
  
• Plagiarism and Anti-Plagiarism.
  By Heyward Ehrlich. March 2000.
       (http://newark.rutgers.edu/~ehrlich/plagiarism598.html)
  
  
• Plagiarism and How to Avoid It [lesson plan].
  By David Gardner. Aug. 2006.
       (http://ec.hku.hk/plagiarism/introduction.htm)
  
  
• Plagiarism and the Web.
  By Bruce Leland. Jan. 2002.
       (http://www.wiu.edu/users/mfbhl/wiu/plagiarism.htm)
  
  
• Plagiarism Prevention.
  University of Wisconsin-Platteville. Dec. 2007.
       (http://www.uwplatt.edu/library/reference/plagiarism.html)
  
  
• Strategies to Promote Academic Integrity.
  By J. Navarro, D. Clark, and D. Halley. Nov. 2004.
       (http://www.oic.id.ucsb.edu/Resources/Teaching/Integrity.html)
  
  
• That Cheating Heart: How to keep plagiarism out of your classroom.
  Mississippi State Univ. Libraries. Oct. 2004.
       (http://library.msstate.edu/content/templates/?a=393&z=76)
  

Plagiarism Detection Services (mostly commercial sites, some with free trials):

• CopyCatch.
       (http://www.copycatchgold.com)
  
  
• Copyscape.
       (http://www.copyscape.com/ - check if a website has copied your website
  
  
• Eve.
       (http://www.canexus.com/eve/index.shtml)
  
  
• Glatt Plagiarism Services, Inc.
       (http://plagiarism.com/)
  
  
• MyDropBox.com - SafeAssignment.
       (http://www.mydropbox.com/)
  
  
• WCopyfind from the Plagiarism Resource Site, Univ. of Virginia.
       (http://plagiarism.phys.virginia.edu/)
  
  
• Turnitin.com.
       (http://www.turnitin.com/static/home.html)

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