Faculty Guide to Electronic Plagiarism

Internet Resources:

What is plagiarism? - From Georgetown University, a good list of definitions using student excuses as the lead-in
Plagiarism Resource Site - This section of the larger resource site provides links to a variety of software tools, and other resources.
Plagiarism Detection Services - From University of Michigan, this site provides good abstracts on the major detection services. Recently updated.
UMUC Plagiarism Resource Site (Detection services) - Excellent and well maintained site from the University of Maryland, which includes detection services, evaluation of detection services, articles on incidence, academic integrity, assignment development, etc.
Plagiarism* - Developed by Sharon Stoerger, this site includes links to articles about plagiarism, has a section on copyright & intellectual freedom, a section for instructors, a section for students, plagiarism case studies, and plagiarism detection tools. Excellent for review information on detection tools.
A Faculty Guide to Cyber-Plagiarism - From University of Alberta, the sidebar is especially useful.
Evergreen State College: Quick Reference-Anti-plagiarism - Excellent quick list of detection tools.
Plagiarism: What It is and How to Recognize and Avoid It - From Indiana University, this is an especially good site for demonstrating paraphrasing and such concepts as " common knowledge." Well done examples.
Anti-Plagiarism Strategies for Research Papers, by Robert Harris - Nicely designed comprehensive site on detection and assignment design.
Avoiding Plagiarism - From Purdue University's writing lab, an entertaining guide for students showing rules and examples in tabular format, including a very useful "Contradictions of American Academic Writing."
Plagiarism: A Guide for Instructors - While the design of this page is not terribly sophisticated, the content provides a useful guide for searching Google and Ebsco (among others). Both Google advanced search and Ebsco search windows have changed design somewhat, but the information provided is helpful. Important point omitted in most sites: material copied from professional literature found on proprietary databases (e.g. Ebsco) CAN NOT be found using a search engine like Google.
Copyright Basics and the Internet - Produced at Lakeview High School in Battle Creek, MI; page supports teachers and their attempts to encourage respect for intellectual property; good tabular format with basic definitions of seminal terms.
Educator's Guide to Intellectual Property - White paper created by graduate students at University of Illinois; good, if wordy, introduction to terms and issues often heard in the debate.
MLA.org - The Modern Language Association home page; choose either "MLA Style" or FAQs for information on citing electronic resources.
APAStyle.org - Suggestions for electronic citation using APA style.
The New Plagiarism: Seven Antidotes to Prevent Highway Robbery in an Electronic Age - Article discusses ways to design research projects that discourage copy/paste.
Noodletools - Simple site designed by a librarian and her son to help students design a research strategy, select search engines, and format citations correctly.
Plagiarism Stoppers: A Teacher's Guide - Illinois school librarian site; a list of plagiarism resources for teachers (primarily K-12, but useful for everyone).
Probing for Plagiarism in the Virtual Classroom - Lindsey S. Hamlin and William T. Ryan - Find out about detection, deterrence, and student awareness in cyperspace.

Print Resources:

Alshuler, Alfred S. and Gregory S. Blimling. "Curbing Epidemic Cheating Through Systemic Change." College Teaching 43.4 (Fall 1995): 123-126. Full Text

Ashworth, Peter, et al. al. "Guilty in Whose Eyes? University Students' Perceptions of Cheating and Plagiarism in Academic Work and Assessment." Studies in Higher Education 22.2 (June 1997): 187-203. Full Text

Auer, Nicole J. and Ellen M. Krupar. "Mouse Click Plagiarism: The Role of Technology in Plagiarism and the Librarian's Role in Combating It." Library Trends 49.3 (Win 2001): 415-432. Full Text

Brownstein, Andrew. "Duke Asks Applicants If They Got Help on Essays, and Most Say They Did." Chronicle of Higher Education 48.25 (1 Mar 2002): A34- A35. Full Text

Carnie, Andrew. "How to Handle Cyber-Sloth in Academe." Chronicle of Higher Education 47.17 (5 Jan 2001): B 24. Full Text

Ercegovac, Zorana and John V. Richardson . " Academic Dishonesty, Plagiarism Included, in the Digital Age: A Literature Review" College and Research Libraries 65.4 ( July 2004): 301-318.

"Fighting Online Plagiarism" Chronicle of Higher Education 47.46 (27 July 2001): B17. [Interview with Donald McCabe.] Full Text

Foster, Andrea L. "Plagiarism-Detection Tool Creates Legal Quandary." Chronicle of Higher Education 48.36 (17 May 2002): A37-A38. Full Text

Grubaugh, S. J., R. B. Speaker and M. L. Tanner. "Writer's Cloze Performance: Detecting Plagiarism at Four Grade Levels." Reading Improvement 33 (Summer, 1996): 66-75.

Kellogg, Alex P. "Students Plagiarize Online Less Than Many Think, A New Study Finds." Chronicle of Higher Education 48.23 (15 Feb 2002): A44. Full Text

Malouff, J. M., and R. L. Sims. "Applying an Employee-Motivation Model to Prevent Student Plagiarism." Journal of Education for Business 72 (Sept/Oct 1996): 58- 61. Full Text

Martin, David F. "Plagiarism and Technology: A Tool for Coping with Plagiarism." Journal of Education for Business. 80.3 (Jan-Feb, 2005): 149-153. Full Text

McCabe, Donald and Gary Pavela. "Some Good News About Academic Integrity." Change 33.5 (Sept/Oct 2000): 32-39.

McCabe, Donald and Linda K. Trevino. "Cheating Among Business Students: A Challenge for Business Leaders and Educators. " Journal of Management Education 19.2 (1995): 205+

McCabe, Donald and Linda K. Trevino. "Honesty and Honor Codes." Academe 88.1 (Jan-Feb 2002): 37-42. Full Text

McCabe, Donald and Linda K. Trevino. "What We Know About Cheating in College: Longitudinal Trends and Recent Developments." Change 28.1 (Feb 1996): 28- 35.

McHenry, W. K. "Reflections on the Internet Paper Mills." 1998. [Online]

McLafferty, Charles L. "Electronic Plagiarism as a College Instructor's Nightmare: Prevention and Detection." Journal of Education for Business. 80.3 (Jan-Feb, 2005): 186-190. Full Text

McMurtry, Kim. "E-Cheating: Combating a 21st Century Challenge." T.H.E. Journal 29.4 (Nov 2001): 36-38, 40-41. Full Text

Richardson, Aaron. "High-tech Cheating: Where There's a Will, There's a Gadget." Black Issues in Higher Education 19.11 (18 July 2002): 32. Full Text

Roach, R. "High-tech Cheating." Black Issues in Higher Education 15.22 (24 Dec 1998): 26-27. Full Text

Roig, Miguel. "Can Undergraduate Students Determine Whether Text Has Been Plagiarized?" Psychological Record 47. 1 (Winter 1997): 113-122. Full Text

Roig, Miguel. "Plagiarism and Paraphrasing Criteria of College and University Professors." Ethics and Behavior 11.3 (July 2001): 307-322. Full Text

Schneider, Alison. "Why Professors Don't Do More to Stop Students Who Cheat." Chronicle of Higher Education (22 Jan 1999): A8-A10 Full Text

Thompson, Leonora C and Portia G. Williams. "But I Changed Three Words! Plagiarism in the ESL Classroom." Clearing House 69.1 (Sept/Oct 1995): 27-30.

Tichenor, Stuart. "Cutting Edge Technology: Inspiration or Irritation?" ERIC document, ED 454928.

Wilhoit, S. "Helping Students Avoid Plagiarism." College Teaching 42.4 (1994): 161- 164. Full Text

Young, Jeffrey R. "The Cat-and-Mouse Game of Plagiarism Detection." Chronicle of Higher Education 47.43 (July 2001): A26-A27. Full Text

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