• A free challenge method
  Theory and discussion

• Turnitin.com a commercial service for higher ed (there are others - see Resource Pages)
  product   Click on Sample
  Plagiarism.org an educational resource developed by Turnitin.com, and its resources for preventing plagiarism iThenticate the commercial (non-edu) version of turnitin

• "A Web-Enabled Plagiarism Detection Tool" by Colin J. Neill and Ganesh Shanmuganthan in the Sept-Oct 2004 issue of IT Professional pp 19-23.

• MyDropBox "technology to detect and prevent cases of Internet plagiarism."
• SafeAssignment "designed specifically for the Blackboard^(TM) Learning System." from MyDropBox
• SafeAssign "a new plagiarism detection service that was announced at BbWorld, offered by Blackboard as part of the Blackboard Enterprise platform at no additional cost."
• Copyfind for Windows - Copyfind for Linux Software to detect plagiarism - from the University of Virginia. Also see discussion
• SPlat the Self-Plagiarism Tool
  
• DOC Cop a free plagiarism detection tool

• Do your own search - put quotes in a search engine
  e.g., "many facets to understanding plagiarism"
  • While any web search engine can be used to search the web, there is a search service which emphasizes "scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research." and can be used "to find articles from a wide variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities, ..." This is Google Scholar, and can be used as an additional source. Microsoft provides a beta version of Windows Live Academic which indexes "content related to computer science, physics, electrical engineering, and related subject areas."
  Uses and Discussion
• Actions Do Speak Louder than Words: Deterring Plagiarism with the Use of Plagiarism-Detection Software by Bear F. Braumoeller and Brian J. Gaines. PS: Political Science and Politics, 34:835-9 December 2001 (available through JSTOR)

• Term Paper Mills, Anti-Plagiarism Tools, and Academic Integrity by M. Groark, D. Oblinger and M. Choa

• NY State bill to illegalize purchase of term papers on the internet

• Technology and Plagiarism in the University: Brief Report of a Trial in Detecting Cheating by Johnson,D., Patton,R., Bimber,B., Almeroth,K., and Michaels,G. 2004 - "reports the results of a trial of automated detection of term-paper plagiarism in a large, introductory undergraduate class." It covers deterrance and student reactions.

• Teachers Adjust Lesson Plans as Web Fuels Plagiarism

• The need for care: The Web's plagiarism police by Andy Dehnart

• Is trying to detect plagiarism unethical? or illegal?
  • Anti-cheating database banned at N.S. university

  • A university arranges with Turnitin for the right to remove papers from the database

  • Two high school students write opposing articles on "Should teachers use Turnitin.com?" Pro       Con

  • High School students sue anti-plagiarism site for copyright infringement
    but lose the case

• Pima Community College creates "traffic school" for plagiarists

• Anti-Plagiarism Strategies for Research Papers

• How Dumb Do They Think We Are? by Jonathan Malesic. A teacher's take on student plagiarism.

• "Guilty Until Proven Innocent" "The Well-Known Secret about Turnitin.com" A rather hostile anti-Turnitin discussion.

• A comparison of 7 anti-plagiarism software tools by Liz Johnson

• eTBLAST "A text similarity-based engine for searching literature collections". A paragraph is input, and it returns similar paragraphs.

• UTSA students commit sin they're trying to halt

• Plagiarism Resource Center by Sharon Stoerger 2001 - also see her 2002 resource site.
• Plagiarism resources at UIUC
• Technical Review of Plagiarism Detection Software University of Luton undated, but probably mid-2001
• JISC Plagiarism Advisory Service (PAS) "aims to raise awareness of plagiarism in the academic community by providing" advice, guidance, discussion, ...
  • Universities told to stop internet cheats re: a report from the JISC
• "The Definitive Guide to Internet Plagiarism" news, discussion, etc.
• "Plagiarism - What it is and how to avoid it" NCSU History Department Resource site
• International Journal for Educational Integrity "The journal provides a platform for educators across all sectors to research issues in the multi-disciplinary field of educational integrity."
• Plagiarism Tutorial as part of a larger Copyright Tutorial.
• Plagiarism in the Corporate World - with a $1 million result.
• Catching Cheaters with the Web a CNN video.
• Academic Integrity and Computer Use NCSU Office of Student Conduct
• Copyright Jungle by Siva Vaidhyanathan. A discussion of legal, business, ethical and practical aspects.
• Cheating 101: Detecting Plagiarized Papers
• Plagiarism and the Web
• The Little Book of Plagiarism by Richard A. Posner, a noted jurist and legal scholar. Plagiarism today harms the reader. among other problems.
• EssayFraud "is a watchdog organization that investigates hypocrisy involving plagiarism in academia."
• Faculty Theft - Are faculty/administrators innocent of plagiarism and other academic thefts?
• Saving Time or Betraying Trust? discussion of U. Md. CP's discussion
• Plagiarism in Chinese higher ed from the Chronicle (subscription required)
• Arguing Against Free-Market Plagiarism Prevention" from Inside Higher Ed
• Plagiarism and Historical Journals from the American Historical Association. A news article "Confronting - and Not Confronting - Plagiarism" covers an AHA panel - from Inside Higher Ed
  • Plagiarism Policy of one historical journal
• IEEE Procedures for Publications see Section 8.2.4 for Allegations of Author Misconduct - which includes plagiarism
• Plagiary "A refereed online journal ... addressing general and specific issues related to plagiarism, fabrication, and falsification.

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