Plagiarism is No Big Deal - Is It?: The Impact of Plagiarism

             http://www.gananda.org/library/mshslibrary/plagexamples.htm 

Designed for middle school and high school students, this site features an extensive list of recent plagiarism cases.
 

The Plagiarism Court: You Be the Judge

            http://library2.fairfield.edu/instruction/ramona/plugin.html

 Online tutorial for all students to learn about plagiarism and how to avoid it.  Includes information on the definition of plagiarism, note taking tips, how to paraphrase, and three main citation styles (MLA, APA, Chicago Manual of Style).  Organized into different sections that can be studied at different times.  Concludes with a multiple-choice quiz to test students’ knowledge.

  Dartmouth College

  http://www.dartmouth.edu/~sources/index.html

Very nice website.  A lot of information for college students about what plagiarism is, how to avoid it, and why to avoid it.  Explains different citation styles and includes a comprehensive FAQ section.  Website provides lots of examples for ways to cite different sources properly.  Visually attractive site and easy to use

Plagiarism Q & A

            http://www.ehhs.cmich.edu/~mspears/plagiarism.html

Guide for younger college students (with some information targeted at teachers) on how to recognize plagiarism and avoid it.  Includes explanations of penalties.  Also provides links to other cites about plagiarism (many of which are on this review).

Purdue Owl: Avoiding Plagiarism

            http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/print/research/r_plagiar.html

 Includes handout designed for class distribution to younger college students..  Explains the various conflicting principles of American academic writing that can confuse students and prompt them to plagiarize, sometimes purposefully and sometimes accidentally.  Explains when and how to credit authority for ideas.  Concludes with a series of exercises to test the student’s ability to understand proper attribution. 

George Washington University: Citing Responsibly

            www.law.gwu.edu/resources/citing.asp

 Fifteen-page PDF document requiring Adobe Acrobat Reader.  Good table of contents and organization.  Designed specifically for George Washington University  law students, but can be generalized to other law students.  Examples of plagiarism in the law school context.  FAQ section.  Special information regarding international students and foreign language sources.  Well done, but fairly basic information.

  Hamilton College Writing Center: Using Sources

www.hamilton.edu/academics/resource/wc/usingsources.html?CFID=490580&CFTOKEN=25406521

Brief explanation of citations and different citation styles.  Provides strategies of integrating source materials correctly.  Gives examples of proper paraphrasing. 

  Plagiarism Brochure

            http://www.zoology.ubc.ca/bpg/plagiarism.htm

Online brochure for University of British Columbia science students.  Includes definitions of plagiarism, ways to avoid it, and examples of proper citation.  This website is notable for its definitions of different kinds of plagiarism: complete plagiarism, near-complete plagiarism, patchwork plagiarism, lazy plagiarism, and self-plagiarism.  This is a helpful way to explain plagiarism to students to expand their own understanding.

  Avoiding Plagiarism: Mastering the Art of Scholarship

            http://sja.ucdavis.edu/avoid.htm

Online resource for undergraduate students at University of California to learn about proper attribution and ways to protect against plagiarism.  Provides guidelines for preventing plagiarism and gives examples of correct and incorrect uses of quotations and paraphrases.  Defines plagiarism and informs students why they should be concerned about ethical scholarship.  Very poorly organized.

 Copyright and Fair Use

            http://fairuse.stanford.edu/        

 For students, professors, and librarians at Stanford. Explains difference between works available in the public domain and works that are copyrighted.  Includes primary resources on current legislation and federal and international copyright law.  Includes special information for librarians from the American Assoc. of Law Libraries and the American Library Association among others.  Can sign up for Stanford’s free monthly newsletter providing readers with updates in copyright law.  Great website, but not relevant to plagiarism problems.

Indiana Univ.: Plagiarism: What it is and How to Recognize and Avoid It

            www.indiana.edu/~wts/wts/plagiarism.html

 Information supplementing the Indiana University Student Code of Rights, Responsibilities, and Conduct.  Recommendations for students on how to avoid plagiarism.  Also provides hints for recognizing accidental plagiarism. 

 Jamie McKenzie's FNO: From Now On, the Educational Technology for Engaged Learning

            http://fno.org/

For Teachers: "Slam Dunk" lesson planning to prevent plagiarism.

Penn. State Cyberplagiarsm: Detection and Prevention

            http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/cyberplag/

For teachers: very practical information about preventing plagiarism.

Don Clark's Learning Domains or Bloom's Taxonomy

            http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/bloom.html

For teachers: explains three domains of learning: cognitive, affective, and psychomotor. Bloom's taxonomy is described under the cognitive domain, and describes lower to higher level learning. Asking students to use higher level thinking reduces the opportunity to plagiarize.