Reducing and Detecting Plagiarism

Unfortunately, plagiarism from the World Wide Web is becoming more and more of a problem. The following websites provide suggestions for reducing and detecting plagiarism.

Johnson, D. Plagiarism-proofing assignments. Phi Delta Kappan, March 2004 Adapted from a chapter in the book Teaching Right from Wrong in the Digital Age (Linworth, 2003)

http://carlisle.unn.ac.uk/Intranet/LTA/Plagiarismwebpage.htm

Using Google.com to Detect Internet Plagiarism from Marywood University Library.

Teach-nology's links for managing, preventing, and detecting plagiarism.

You might also want to check out Western Illinois University English Professor Bruce Leland's advice at: www.wiu.edu/users/mfbhl/wiu/plagiarism.htm

In our experience, plagiarism is often a learning issue. Student's simply do not know how to properly credit material from sources. The web provides excellent resources for the writer who wants to learn or brush up on how to credit the ideas or words of others in his or her own writing:

Avoiding Plagairism from Darling's Guide to Grammar

CCD OWL handouts MLA and APA citation

Avoiding Plagiarism from the Purdue OWL.

Occasionally, we see students submit a piece of work that suggests intentional "cheating." In those cases, students have typically lifted an essay in whole or part from the web. Below are a few of the most well-known and popular paper mills (sites that provide access to essays):

Evil House of Cheat: www.cheathouse.com/uk/index.html

School Sucks: www.schoolsucks.com

Ivy Essays: www.ivyessays.com

Cyber Essays: www.cyberessays.com/