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Avoiding Plagiarism view detail comment email this

The Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL) offers this page on how students can avoid plagiarism. Provides a brief overview of contradictions in academic writing, actions that might be seen as plagiarism, and guidelines for researching, quoting, paraphrasing, and deciding whether something is common knowledge. Includes exercises.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/589/01/
Topics: Communications, Education, English Language, Literature & Books, Writing

Last updated May 1, 2007


Copyscape view detail comment email this

"Copyscape finds copies of your content on the Web. You can use Copyscape to identify sites that have copied your content without permission. Copyscape will also show you who is quoting your site." Currently only works with Web addresses, not sections of text. Includes links to a few Web sites about copyright and plagiarism issues. Also produces results in German, French, and Spanish.
http://www.copyscape.com/
Topics: Education, Intellectual Property, Web Design and Management, Writing

Last updated Jul 28, 2004


Plagiarism view detail comment email this

An annotated directory of articles, case studies, examples of paper mills, plagiarism detection tools, essays on ethics and copyright, and related links. Includes resources directed specifically at instructors and students. By librarian Sharon Stoerger.
http://www.web-miner.com/plagiarism
Topics: Communications, Education, English Language, Intellectual Property, Literature & Books, Writing

Last updated Oct 7, 2002


Plagiarism and the Web view detail comment email this

Practical advice for detecting plagiarism, teaching students why it is wrong, and developing assignments that discourage the use of stolen words. Includes links to well-known "paper mills" and to related resources. From Bruce Leland, Professor Emeritus, Western Illinois University, and Online Instructor, University of Colorado.
http://www.wiu.edu/users/mfbhl/wiu/plagiarism.htm
Topics: Communications, Education, English Language, Literature & Books, Writing

Last updated Aug 20, 2003


The Plagiarism Court: You Be the Judge view detail comment email this

This tutorial presents basic information on how to avoid plagiarizing, covering topics such as documentation, quoting, paraphrasing, and citation styles. Includes a quiz. From the DiMenna-Nyselius Library, Fairfield (Connecticut) University.
http://www.fairfield.edu/library/lib_plagiarismcourt.html
Topics: Communications, Education, English Language, Literature & Books, Writing

Last updated Nov 1, 2009


Plagiarism Workshop view detail comment email this

This lesson plan is designed as an interdisciplinary one-hour workshop to provide high school students "an introduction to the issue of plagiarism, an overview of copyright laws and fair use provisions, and a demonstration of techniques to avoid plagiarism." Includes a selective, annotated webliography. From Janice Cooper of Northern Valley Regional High School, New Jersey.
https://mail.nvnet.org/~cooper_j/plagiarism/
Topics: Communications, Education, English Language, Intellectual Property, Lesson Plans, Literature & Books, Writing

Last updated Jun 13, 2008


Plagiarism.org view detail comment email this

An "online resource for people concerned with the growing problem of Internet plagiarism." Provides a FAQ on plagiarism and copyright, tips for students on developing research skills, and resources for teachers, including information on identifying and discouraging plagiarism. Also features a collection of related statistics.
http://plagiarism.org/
Topics: Education, Writing

Last updated Aug 6, 2004


Plagiarism: What It is and How to Recognize and Avoid It view detail comment email this

This site focuses on teaching students how to recognize and avoid plagiarism.
http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/plagiarism.shtml
Topics: Communications, Education, English Language, Literature & Books, Writing

Last updated Jun 15, 2006


Synthesis: Using the Work of Others view detail comment email this

This tutorial explains plagiarism and its consequences and describes techniques for taking notes and quoting sources to avoid plagiarism. Includes a section on copyright, information about citing Web sources, and plagiarism and copyright infringement quizzes. From the University of Maine at Farmington Writing Center and Mantor Library.
http://plagiarism.umf.maine.edu/
Topics: Education, Intellectual Property, Literature & Books, Writing

Last updated May 15, 2007


Thinking and Talking About Plagiarism view detail comment email this

A discussion of Web sites that address "how to talk about plagiarism in the classroom, how to talk to students you suspect might have plagiarized...how to search the WWW and databases for possibly plagiarized e-text, how to tell if the plagiarism is intentional cheating or poor source handling, and how to proceed with plagiarism cases even when you can't find an originating text."
http://bedfordstmartins.com/technotes/techtiparchive/ttip102401.htm
Topics: Communications, Education, English Language, Literature & Books, Writing

Last updated Feb 20, 2002




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