Articles for Discussion
Articles for prompting discussion with faculty and students.
- Generation PlagiarismNew York Times Upfront, October 25, 2010, via EBSCO Education Research Complete
- Cheat Sheet; For Students in the Internet Age, No Shame in Copy and PasteNew York Times, August 2, 2010, via EBSCO Newspaper Source Plus
- Not Plagiarism but Mixing and Matching, Says Best Selling German Author, 17New York Times, February 12, 2010, via EBSCO Newspaper Source Plus.
- How Dumb Do They Think We Are?Chronicle of Higher Education, December 15, 2006, via EBSCO Academic Search Complete
Websites
- Center for Academic IntegrityEducational resources and sample codes & policies.
- Plagiarism.orgUseful links from the makers of the Turnitin program.
- The Citation Project"a multi-institution research project responding to educators’ concerns about plagiarism and the teaching of writing."
- Deterring Plagiarism: Some StrategiesMargaret Proctor, U. of Toronto
- Defining and Avoiding Plagiarism: The WPA Statement on Best PracticesFrom the Council of Writing Program Administrators
From Our Bookshelves
My Word! by Call Number: PN167 .B48 2009 (Stacks, 2nd floor)ISBN: 9780801447631Publication Date: 2009"Classroom Cheats Turn to Computers." "Student Essays on Internet Offer Challenge to Teachers." "Faking the Grade." Headlines such as these have been blaring the alarming news of an epidemic of plagiarism and cheating in American colleges: more than 75percent of students admit to having cheated; 68 percent admit to cutting and pasting material from the Internet without citation. Professors are reminded almost daily that many of today's college students operate under an entirely new set of assumptions about originality and ethics. -Book Jacket
Doing Honest Work in College by Call Number: PN171.F56 L56 2004 (Stacks, 2nd floor)ISBN: 0226484734Publication Date: 2004Charles Lipson, a distinguished scholar and teacher who has coached thousands of students in the basics of honest work, provides clear, accessible, and often humorous advice on all aspects of college studies, from papers and exams to study groups and labs. In the first part of the book, Lipson outlines three core principles of academic honesty and explores how these principles inform all aspects of college work. -Book Jacket
Preventing Plagiarism by Call Number: PN167 .D47 2007 (stacks, 2nd floor)ISBN: 9780814145937Publication Date: 2007
