The Internet provides a tempting array of opportunities for students to plagiarize with unprecedented ease:
To empower faculty who are teaching in a time of increasing "cyber-plagiarism" this resource is intended to:
(Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary Online: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plagiarize)
Students:
Recommended reading: Guide to Plagiarism and Cyber-Plagiarism (University of Alberta Libraries)
Compiled from the Electronic Plagiarism Seminar (LeMoyne College Library), and the Robert Harris document "Anti-Plagiarism Strategies for Research Papers". Adapted from http://library.fandm.edu/plagiarism.html
Some clues which may indicate unoriginal work:
Visual Cues:
Content Cues:
Recommended reading: "Detecting Plagiarized Papers" (Coastal Carolina University Library)
Adapted from http://library.fandm.edu/plagiarism.html
A simple yet powerful method of preventing plagiarism is to talk about it openly with students.
Discuss with students:
[Compiled from: Electronic Plagiarism Seminar (Le Moyne College Library ), "Cheating 101: Easy Steps to Combatting Plagiarism" (Coastal Carolina University Library), and the Gary M. Galles article "Copy These Strategies to Stop Plagiarism by Students".}
Recommended reading:
An effective means of prevention is requiring work that cannot be completed by plagiarizing. Librarians are available to consult with you regarding assignment design.
Suggestions for Non-Plagiarizable Research Papers:
[Compiled from the Robert Harris document "Anti-Plagiarism Strategies for Research Papers"]
Recommended reading:
Alternatives to the Research Paper:
[Compiled from "Alternatives to the Research Paper" (Grant MacEwan College Learning Resource Center--no longer online) and "Term Paper Alternatives" (UC Berkeley Library)]
Through the Library's Instruction Program, Librarians educate students to become fully:
information literate: able to recognize when information is needed, and able to locate, evaluate, and use effectively, ethically, and legally the needed information.
The Library also provides citation guides:
Adapted from http://library.fandm.edu/plagiarism.html
"Anti-Plagiarism Strategies for Research Papers" by Robert Harris. A comprehensive discussion of plagiarism with fantastic suggestions for prevention--highly recommended.
"Thinking and Talking About Plagiarism", a "TechNote" for Writing Teachers by Nick Carbone of Bedford/St. Martin's publishing. A marvelous reflection on transforming the dialogue about plagiarism from the policing nature of "Don't do it..." to one that "does not assume students are criminals." Carbone suggests beginning the discussion of plagiarism on one's syllabus, as it is one's "contract" with the class...
"How Cheating Helps Drive Better Instruction" by Greg Van Belle, Department of English, Edmonds Community College. Van Belle suggests plagiarism can serve as "an invitation to rethink our course content..."
"Plagiarism in Colleges in USA" by Ronald B. Standler, J.D., Ph.D. Discusses plagiarism from a legal perspective.
"Student Plagiarism in an Online World" by Julie J.C.H. Ryan, American Society for Engineering Education. An account of the author's experiences with various forms of plagiarism.
"Plagiarism: What Should a Teacher Do?" by Rebecca Moore Howard, Director of the Writing Program at Syracuse University. Advocates better understanding of the full range of student mis-use of information, and misrepresentation of ideas.
Adapted from http://library.fandm.edu/plagiarism.html and Karla Aleman's Citing in the New MLA and APA website.