TBers,
Plagiarism and academic honesty have been repeating topics at Teaching Breakfast meetings. Below is an updated list of web resources for faculty and students on these important issues. As a reminder, the College subscribes to the Turnitin service (mentioned below). For more information about this service, please contact Jim Greenberg in the TLTC at x 2701.
The following information is copied from an email recently posted to the AARP News listserv ( AARP News [mailto:[log in to unmask]]. Thanks to Walter vom Saal for passing it along.
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The Web has made it easier to
identify and copy another's work,
and students at all levels must
understand that plagiarism is
a bad practice with potentially
dire consequences, both while
they are in school and throughout
their working career.
There are many tools now available
to help instructors spot plagiarism:
Plagiarism.org
http://news.aarp.org/UM/T.asp?A910.52851.2791.1.904318
Turnitin.com
http://news.aarp.org/UM/T.asp?A910.52851.2791.2.904318
There are also sites offering
sample policies for institutions
to help them deal with
perpetrators:
SafetyNet
http://news.aarp.org/UM/T.asp?A910.52851.2791.3.904318
2Learn.ca
http://news.aarp.org/UM/T.asp?A910.52851.2791.4.904318
UMUC
http://news.aarp.org/UM/T.asp?A910.52851.2791.5.904318
See also Webliographies
built by librarians.
Sharon Stoerger's Plagiarism:
http://news.aarp.org/UM/T.asp?A910.52851.2791.6.904318
The Electronic Plagiarism
Seminar by Gretchen Pearson:
http://news.aarp.org/UM/T.asp?A910.52851.2791.7.904318
Other excellent tools include
"Anti-Plagiarism Strategies for
Research Papers" by Robert Harris:
http://news.aarp.org/UM/T.asp?A910.52851.2791.8.904318
"Plagiarism Stoppers:
A Teacher's Guide":
http://news.aarp.org/UM/T.asp?A910.52851.2791.9.904318
and the University of Maine at
Farmington's Writing Center/Mantor
Library Anti-Plagiarism Web site:
http://news.aarp.org/UM/T.asp?A910.52851.2791.10.904318
[From Beyond ERIC: The early years:
Part three: Resources for higher
education and lifelong learning,
Searcher, 05/01/2006]
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