• 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

  turnitin for admissions a version for use by the Admissions Office now being used for online admissions

• "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.

• SafeAssign^TM is a plagiarism prevention service with educational content from Blackboard^TM
• 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 has some academic books searchable via its Bing search engine.
  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

• 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" is a rather hostile anti-Turnitin discussion. I can't find it any longer, but there is a description of this topic available.

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

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

• How first year composition students write research papers.

• Plagiarism by Sharon Stoerger
• Plagiarism resources at UIUC
• Technical Review of Plagiarism Detection Software University of Luton undated, but probably mid-2001
• Plagiarism Resources
  • Universities told to stop internet cheats re: a report from the JISC
• "How to Understand, Recognize and Avoid Internet Plagiarism"
• Plagiarism - What it is and how to avoid it NCSU History Department
• 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.
• Academic Integrity and Computer Use NCSU Office of Student Conduct
• Copyright Jungle by Siva Vaidhyanathan. A discussion of legal, business, ethical and practical aspects. (soon to be available again at cjrarchives.org)
• 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 harms readers.
• 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.
• A Plague of Originality by Peter W. Morgan & Glenn H. Reynolds discusses the dangers of overenthusiastic labelling similarities as "plagiarism". Some background for this is at The Appearance of Propriety by Peter W. Morgan
• Publication Ethics by Wesley E. Snyder
• Spy vs spy This represents the wrong way to work with students.
• 2 Universities' Plagiarism Policies Look a Lot Alike Was one of the plagiarized? [available to Chronicle subscribers - may be available through your campus library]
• An Educator's Guide to Detecting and Preventing Plagiarism a short discussion with a list of links to resources
• Learn How to Prevent Plagiarism in Your Classroom
• Let's Talk About Plagiarism by a composition teacher
• Internet Resources on Citing: The Trademark of a Good Writer
• "A Plague of Originality" an interesting essay diverging from some common views.

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