Resources

Powerpoints Tutorials from Plough Library

• Can You Cut? Can You Paste?
• What is Plagiarism (and Why Should You Care)?

News & Articles

• Current Awareness: Plagiarism and Plagiarism Detection - Current articles pulled from our subscription databases; news and research articles included.
• International Center for Academic Integrity: Forum for students, faculty, and administrators.
• Plagiarism Today: Primarily devoted to online plagiarism. 
• Plagiarism in Colleges in USA: By Ronald B. Standler, with legal cases involving college plagiarism.
• Plagiarism News Feed: Online news articles from the past 30 days.
• CQ Researcher: Combating Plagiarism - CQ's 2003 report and analysis of plagiarism in high schools and colleges.
• Plagiarism 2.0: Information Ethics in the Digital Age - 19 minute video on behaviors that can lead to plagiarism and how to avoid them. Addresses both accidental copying and deliberate plagiarism. VIDEO.

Books

• Doing Honest Work in College: How to Prepare Citations, Avoid Plagiarism, and Achieve Academic Success (2004), Ref 808.02 L57 2004
• Scandals and Scoundrels: Seven Cases that Shook the Academy (2004), EBSCO eBook
• Student Cheating and Plagiarism in the Internet Era: A Wake Up Call (2000), EBSCO eBook

Presentations & Tutorials from Other Schools

• Anti-Plagiarism Strategies for Research Papers (Robert Harris)
  http://www.virtualsalt.com/antiplag.htm
  The author offers strategies that teachers can adopt to combat plagiarism including specific suggestions for awareness, prevention, and detection.
• Cut-and-Paste Plagiarism (University of Notre Dame, Joni Warner and Margaret Porter)
  http://www.library.nd.edu/instruction/svcsteaching/plagiarism.shtml
  Includes two PowerPoint slideshows, one on cheating and one on cut-and-paste plagiarism, as well as a case study. Offers hints on detection and prevention of plagiarism.
• Electronic Plagiarism Seminar (Lemoyne College, Gretchen Pearson)
  http://web.lemoyne.edu/~pearson/plagiarism/
  Tips for preventing and identifying plagiarism, including scientific fraud. Lists of plagiarism detection software sites and paper mills.
• Guide to Plagiarism and Cyber-Plagiarism (University of Alberta, Anna Bombak)
  http://guides.library.ualberta.ca/content.php?pid=62200&sid=457651 
  Plagiarism guide with resources for faculty and resources for students.
• Plagiarism: What It is and How to Recognize and Avoid It (Indiana University)
  http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/plagiarism.shtml 
  Includes examples of acceptable and unacceptable paraphrases as well as strategies to avoid plagiarism.
• Rutgers University Plagiarism Tutorial Videos
  http://library.camden.rutgers.edu/EducationalModule/Plagiarism/
  Humorous four-part video tutorial warning students about the consequences of plagiarism.
• You Quote It, You Note It! (Acadia University)
  http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/plagiarism/
  Excellent tutorial for students, with specific examples of how to quote and paraphrase correctly, as well as instructions on source citation and good research habits.