Additional Resources for our TAP: Workshop on Plagiarism and Cheating:
Academic Integrity at Rutgers University
- Rutgers Academic Integrity web site
- Rutgers University’s Policy on Academic Integrity (pdf)
- Office of Student Conduct
- Office of Student Student Conduct: Academic Integrity Presentations: "The Office of Student Judicial Affairs offers presentations on academic integrity tailored specifically for student or faculty audiences. Presented by student members of the University Hearing Board, these lively, interactive PowerPoint lectures are perfect for fraternity and sorority groups, residence halls, and classes of any size. The average presentation lasts about 35 minutes and each student in attendance leaves with a copy of the Guide to Academic Integrity."
- Academic Integrity Document Library
Resources on Academic Integrity
Web Sites:
- Center for Academic Integrity (Clemson University)
- Research on Academic Dishonesty: Facts Worth Knowing (U. of North Carolina)
- Promoting Academic Integrity: Resources for Instructors (U. of Michigan)
- Copy, Shake, and Paste: a blog about plagiarism from a German professor, written in English
Books and Journals:
- Blum, Susan D. My Word! Plagiarism and College Culture: See InsideHigherEd for a discussion of Blum's book.
- Buranen, Lise, and Alice M. Roy, eds. Perspectives on Plagiarism and Intellectual Property in a Postmodern World
- Haviland, Carol Peterson, and Joan A. Mullin, eds. Who Owns This Text? Plagiarism, Authorship, and Disciplinary Culture
- Howard, Rebecca Moore, and Amy Robillard: Pluralizing Plagiarism: Identities, Contexts, Pedagogies
- Howard, Rebecca Moore. Standing in the Shadow of Giants: Plagiarists, Authors, Collaborators
- Plagiary: Cross-Disciplinary Studies in Plagiarism, Fabrication, and Falsification: a scholarly journal devoted to the study of all forms of plagiarism and fabrication in both academic and popular culture.
- Vicinus, Martha, and Caroline Eisner, eds. Originality, Imitation, and Plagiarism: Teaching Writing in the Digital Age
How and Why Students Cheat
- How to Cheat: Techniques Used by Cheaters
- Cheating Prevention in College Classrooms
- YouTube video on how to cheat on any test
- Cheating 101: Internet Paper Mills
- Survey: Many Students Say Cheating’s OK (CNN)
- Rutgers Study Finds Many Students Plagiarize
- Why Students Plagiarize (U. of Alberta)
- Why Do Some Students Cheat? They Rationalize It, ISU Research Finds (Iowa State U.)
- Wired for Cheating (Chronicle of Higher Education, 16 July 2004)
- Cheating Goes Global as Essay Mills Multiply (Chronicle of Higher Education, 20 Mar 2009): Interviews with students (undergraduate and graduate) who have purchased papers on-line and with the people who write for paper mills.
Strategies to Discourage Plagiarism
Pedagogical Measures:
- Washington State University Plagiarism Information Site: This site provides an excellent overview of all aspects of plagiarism.
- NEW Toward a Rational Response to Plagiarism (Chronicle of Higher Education, 2/14/2011)
- What is Plagiarism? (Grammar Girl)
- Plagiarism.org: LOTS of resources for both students and instructors on understanding and avoiding plagiarism.
- Defining and Avoiding Plagiarism: The WPA Statement on Best Practices
- Plagiarism Proofing Your Assignments (PDF)
- Plagiarism and Anti-Plagiarism (Rutgers U.-Newark)
- Deterring Plagiarism: Some Strategies (U of Toronto)
- The Accidental Plagiarists (THE Journal - 2011)
- Thinking and Talking About Plagiarism (Bedford/St. Martin's)
- The Faculty Role in Stopping Cheating (InsideHigherEd)
- The Bedford/St. Martin's Workshop on Plagiarism: Includes pedagogical strategies to undercut plagiarism, as well as a discussion about the use of plagiarism detection services.
- Winning Hearts and Minds in the War on Plagiarism (InsideHigherEd, 7 Apr. 2008)
- NEW The Truth about College Plagiarism (Freakonomics - NY Times - 2/3/2010)
- NEW A Field Experiment in Student Plagiarism (pdf) (Working Paper, January, 2010)
Tutorials on Plagiarism and Academic Integrity:
- Rutgers University Writing Program Plagiarism Tutorial
- Plagiarism and Academic Integrity at Rutgers University
- Plagiarism: A Guide for Students (Rutgers U. Libraries)
- Plagiarism teaching unit from the Rutgers Writing Program
- Department of English Plagiarism Tutorial (Rutgers U. -Camden)
- Examples of Plagiarism (Princeton U.)
- Plagiarism Resource: Detecting Plagiarism and Preventing It (Guide to Online Schools)
- NEW Academic Integrity Tutorial at York University
- NEW Academic Integrity Tutorials for both students and faculty (Northern Illinois U.)
- NEW Plagiarism May Be Rife in Higher Ed Applications (from Campus Technology)
- NEWThe Plagiarism Spectrum (turnitin.com)
Strategies to Detect Plagiarism
"Close Reading" for Plagiarism:
Plagiarism Detection Services (PDSs):
- Turnitin.com
- Turnitin at Rutgers: See this site for information about creating your Turnitin account at Rutgers. Turnitin is also integrated into Sakai. See the Sakai "Help" system for more information on submitting student work to Turnitin via Sakai.
- Turnitin.com Tutorials and Documentation
- Turnitin.com Quick Start Guide for Instructors (pdf)
- The Plagiarism Checker (Free!)
- EVE2 (Essay Verification Engine)
- MOSS (Measure of Software Similarity) (Free!)
- SafeAssign
- WCopyFind (Free!)
- DOC Cop (Free!)
Debates About Using Plagiarism Detection Services:
- False Positives on Plagiarism (InsideHigherEd, 13 Mar. 2009)
- Issues Raised by Use of Turnitin Plagiarism Detection Software (Charlie Lowe, et al., Grand Valley State U.)
- Turnitin’s Response to Charlie Lowe, et al., at Grand Valley State University
- Turnitin's Statement Regarding Copyright and Privacy (PDF)
- Plagiarism Detection Services Bibliography (Conference on College Composition and Communication)
- Four Reasons to be Happy About Internet Plagiarism
- Calling Off the Hounds: Technology and the Visibility of Plagiarism
McLean High School Students' Lawsuit Against Turnitin:
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- Plagiarism Detection Tool Creates Legal Quandary (Chronicle of Higher Education, 17 May 2002): An overview of some of the legal questions that later became an issue in the McLean students' lawsuit.
- Students Rebel Against Database Designed to Thwart Plagiarists (Washington Post, 22 Sept. 2006)
- McLean Students Sue Anti-Cheating Service (Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2007)
- McLean Students File Suit Against Turnitin.com (Conference on College Composition and Communication): An in-depth examination of the pedagogical and ethical issues behind the students' lawsuit.
- Plagiarism Screener Gets Passing Grade in Copyright Lawsuit (Ars Technica, 26 Mar 2008): US District Court in Virginia finds in favor of Turnitin in students' lawsuit, arguing that the commercial use of students' academic work falls under the Fair Use doctrine.
- Court Flunks High Schoolers' Appeal on Plagiarism Database (Ars Technica, 20 Apr 2009): Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals upholds lower court ruling in favor of Turnitin.