Services for Faculty: Resources for Plagiarism & Copyright Information

Comprehensive Guides:

Electronic Plagiarism Seminar: Developed by Gretchen Pearson at LeMoyne College, this comprehensive web site offers advice for detecting and preventing plagiarism, links to detection sites and software, policy information, guides for educators, and an extensive bibliography for further reading.
Plagiarism: Another mega-site on plagiarism by Sharon Stoerger. This site an offers extensive links to resources concerning plagiarism & copyright, information for instructors, guides for students, detection software, and term paper sites.

Plagiarism Prevention: This web site, developed by Kay Young from the Elton S. Karrmann Library at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, offers good advice for dissuading plagiarism, and identifying plagiarism in student papers. She also links to several paper mill sites on the web and other internet resources for fighting plagiarism.
Anti-Plagiarism Strategies for Research Papers: by Robert Harris, offers practical tips for prevention and detection.
"It wasn't me, was it?" Plagiarism and the Web: Article by Danielle DeVoss and Annette Roati. Computers and Composition. 2002, Vol. 19, Issue 2, pp. 191-203. Available online from Science Direct. Useful information on why students plagiarize and recommendations for preventing it by engaging students in web-based research and evaluation.
Plagiarism and the Web: Article by Rober F. Vernon, Shirley Bigna, and Marshall Smith. Journal of Social Work Education, Winter 2001, Vol. 37, Issue 1, p. 193. Offers suggestions for preventing and detecting plagiarism in student assignments. Available online from EBSCOhost.

Plagiarism Detection Tools: Part of Sharon Stoerger's web site on Plagiarism. Extensive list of links to detection software and tools.
Plagiarism: Finding the Original Source: "Catching plagiarism is often a time-consuming task for faculty. The purpose of this guide is to acquaint you with ways in which you can find the original sources of your students' plagiarized works." by Barbara Hightower, Cornette Library, West Texas A&M University.
Plagiarism.org: Producers of Turnitin.com, plagiarism detection software for educational institutions. Free trial available.

The Plagiarism Court: You Be the Judge: by Ramona Islam, Fairfield University. Excellent tutorial covering the what constitutes plagiarism, consequences, note-taking to avoid plagiarism, quoting, paraphrasing, and documentation. Students can take a quiz upon completion of the tutorial.
Avoiding Plagiarism: From Duke University Libraries, this research guide offers practical strategies to help students avoid plagiarism.
Avoiding Plagiarism: Purdue University Online Writing Lab.

Plagiarism: What it is and How to Recognize and Avoid It: Produced by Writing Tutorial Services, Indiana University.

Indiana University Online Copyright Tutorial: From the Copyright Management Center of Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI).
SUL: Copyright & Fair Use: Stanford University Libraries
Crash Course in Copyright: University of Texas System
Copyright Resources on the Web: Developed by Humboldt State University Library, this site offers general guides to copyright information, music copyright links, and links for copyright permission.

Citing Electronic Resources: Prepared by the librarians at RWU, this helpful guide shows students how to cite online periodical articles, web pages, listserv and email messages. Links to various style sheets available on the web and information about copyright & plagiarism.
RefWorks: An online bibliographic management program that allows you to create your own personal database of references. For help in using this tool, please refer to our Guide to Using RefWorks