plagiarism n 1: a piece of writing [or other intellectual or creative work] that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work 2: the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own (Source: WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University)
According to research results reported by The Center for Academic Integrity, the occurrence of student plagiarism has increased drastically over recent decades. With the advent of the World Wide Web, it is now easier than ever for students to plagiarize, intentionally or not. It is our responsibility to educate our students on this topic so that they have the necessary understanding to avoid unintentional plagiarism; we also owe it to our students to hold them to a high standard of academic integrity and ensure that there are consequences to plagiarism.
The following resources on plagiarism have been compiled for your convenience. If you know of additional resources that would be useful to your fellow faculty members, please email Susan Hales, campus instructional designer. Thanks!
Plagiarism Overview
- Cheating 101: Paper Mills and You (Coastal Carolina University)
- Student Plagiarism in an Online World
- Anti-Plagiarism Strategies for Research Papers
- Defining and Avoiding Plagiarism (Council of Writing Program Administrators)
- Plagiarism.org
Preventing Plagiarism
- Deterring Plagiarism: Some Strategies (University of Toronto)
- Cheating 101: Easy Steps to Combatting Plagiarism (Coastal Carolina University)
- The New Plagiarism: Seven Antidotes to Prevent Highway Robbery in an Electronic Age
- Preventing Academic Dishonesty (UC Berkeley)
- Educational Tips on Plagiarism Prevention (plagiarism.org)
- Plagiarism Detection and Prevention: An Instructor Guide (Penn State)
Tools to Help Educate Your Students about Plagiarism
- A Plagiarism Tutorial (Penn State)
- How to Avoid Plagiarism (Penn State)
- Academic Integrity: A Letter to My Students
- Avoiding Plagiarism (Hamilton College)
- Avoiding Plagiarism: Mastering the Art of Scholarship (UC Davis)
- Examples of Plagiarism (University of Kentucky)
- Avoiding Plagiarism (Purdue University)
- Plagiarism: What It is and How to Recognize and Avoid It (Indiana University, Bloomington)
- Tutorial: You Quote It, You Note It (Acadia University)
- Inserting a Plagiarism Quiz into your ANGEL Course (Penn State)
- A Sample Departmental Statement on Plagiarism (Penn State)
Detecting Plagiarism
- TurnItIn (Penn State University Park)
- Cyberplagiarism: Detection and Prevention (Penn State University Park)
- Guide to Plagiarism and Cyber-Plagiarism (University of Alberta)
- Detecting Plagiarism (University of Alberta)
- Cheating 101: Plagiarism Detection Sites (Coastal Carolina University)
- Cheating 101: Detecting Plagiarized Papers (Coastal Carolina University)
- Plagiarism Detection and Prevention: An Instructor Guide (Penn State)
Penn State Policies on Plagiarism
- Penn State Faculty Senate Academic Integrity Policy (49-20)
- Penn State Academic Integrity Procedure (G-9)