LibGuides: Plagiarism, What is it? and Consequences: Faculty Resources

Articles for Discussion

Articles for prompting discussion with faculty and students.

Generation Plagiarism
New York Times Upfront, October 25, 2010, via EBSCO Education Research Complete
Cheat Sheet; For Students in the Internet Age, No Shame in Copy and Paste
New York Times, August 2, 2010, via EBSCO Newspaper Source Plus
Not Plagiarism but Mixing and Matching, Says Best Selling German Author, 17
New 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 Integrity
Educational resources and sample codes & policies.
The Citation Project
"a multi-institution research project responding to educators’ concerns about plagiarism and the teaching of writing."
Deterring Plagiarism: Some Strategies
Margaret Proctor, U. of Toronto
Defining and Avoiding Plagiarism: The WPA Statement on Best Practices
From the Council of Writing Program Administrators

Turnitin - Plagiarism Prevention

Instructors at UWGB have access to Turnitin - a plagiarism prevention system.

Turnitin scans student papers for "originality" - and can be used as a teaching tool to demonstrate proper source integration and how to avoid plagiarism. Contact the UWGB Learning Technology Center for information on using Turnitin.

From Our Bookshelves

My Word!: Plagiarism and College Culture by Susan D. Blum
Call Number: PN167 .B48 2009 (Stacks, 6th floor)
ISBN: 0801447631
"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: How to Prepare Citations, Avoid Plagiarism, and Achieve Real Academic Success by Charles Lipson
Call Number: PN171.F56 L56 2004 (Stacks, 6th floor)
ISBN: 0226484734
Charles 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
Guiding Students from Cheating and Plagiarism to Honesty and Integrity: Strategies for Change by Ann Lathrop and Kathleen Foss
Call Number: LB3609 .L27 2005 (Stacks, 6th floor)
ISBN: 159158275X
Cheating continues to be a national epidemic. Here, Lathrop and Foss have produced a sequel to their 2000 eye-opener Student Cheating and Plagiarism in the Internet Era: A Wake-Up Call. -Book Jacket