TBers, When the TB group talked about the world wide web based tool know as Turnitin, we focused on the issue of trying to use it as a teaching tool rather than as a punitive tool. (Turnitin as you may recall is the anti plagiarism tool on the web.) Given this, I thought you would find a recent testimonial about it interesting. Below are comments from a History professor at SUNY Oneonta, Dr. Hendley: Start snip: First, I wanted to thank you again for your help in getting my courses set up on www.turnitin.com <http://www.turnitin.com/> . I used it for four History courses in Spring 2003. All four of my courses had research essay assignments and it helped cut the amount of plagiarism cases by about a third. Best of all, the web site forced students to think more seriously about citation and presentation of evidence. Even in the papers I graded with no plagiarism problems there was much more attention to using footnotes and quotations and following proper format. I had about 140 students last term and found grading a large number of assignments less burdensome as a result of turnitin.com. I would like to use the web site again in the future. Please use my name if funding for the site is ever questioned! end snip. These comments are used with Dr. Hendley's permission. Mr. James B. Greenberg Director Teaching, Learning and Technology Center Milne Library SUNY College at Oneonta Oneonta, New York 13820 email: [log in to unmask] phone: 607-436-2701 "Ignorance is curable, stupidity lasts forever"