Plagiarism Detectives

Term Paper Sites

• Free Paper Sites listed in Google directory.
  Free sites for papers retrieved by Google directory and ranked in Google search engine preference order.
• Fee based Paper sites listed in Google directory.
  Similar list to the free list. Presented in Google rank order.
• Internet Paper Mills
  7 pages of links to free and fee paper sites.  Prepared by a University as a deterent.
• Cheating 101: Paper Mills and You
  Overview of the problem of cheating on college campuses which includes a lengthy list of Internet paper sites (from Coastal Carolina University).

About Plagiarism

• Center for Academic Integrity
  Hosted by Duke University most authoritative body for issues of academic integrity inclouding plagiarism
• Academic Practices, School Culture and Cheating Behavior by Gary J. Niels 
  Excellent summary article with hotlinked references to other research, surveys..
• Detecting Plagiarism
  Characteristics of plagiarized papers.
• Academic Dishonesty Among High School Students., By: McCabe, Donald L., Adolescence, Vol. 34, n. 16, p. 681. Focus group discussions with high school students.
• Academic integrity in honor code and non-honor code environments: A qualitative  investigation. By McCabe, Donald L ,Journal of Higher Education, vol 70, n.2, p.211, Mar 1999.
• How to Recognize Acceptable and Unacceptable Paraphrase
  Examples from Indiana University Writing Center.
• Student Plagiarism in an Online World
  Overview of the cyber-plagiarism problem published in the ASEE's Prism Online.
• Plagiarism in Colleges in USA
  Lengthy article by Ronal B. Standler detailing many of the legal aspects of the plagiarism problem on college campuses.

Preventing Plagiarism

• Avoiding Plagiarism
  UC - Davis  Student Judicial Affairs site.
• Dealing with Plagiarism - Resources for Faculty
  Union College page to educate faculty.
• Anti-Plagiarism Strategies for Research Papers
  An English faculty member offers advice for creating assignments that deter plagiarism.
• How to Avoid Plagiarism
  Univ. of Toronto guide
• Avoiding Plagiarism - Purdue
• Practice Exercises in Paraphrasing-Purdue
  From Purdue's Writing Center

Software programs

• Plagiarism.org
  Or TurnItIn.com.  Compares submitted papers to papers from online term paper sites.
• Glatt Plagiarism Program
• Students submit their papers. The software program extracts random words from their paper. Students are required to fill in the missing words.
• IntegriGuard
• Another service that uses search engines to identify papers found on web sites.
• HowOriginal.com
  A free version of Integriguard. Only checks a paragraph or two.
• EVE2
  Essay Verification Engine. Software installed on your local computer. Upload papers into the software. Searches keywords and phrases on the web.
• WordCHECK KeyWORD Software
  Designed to safeguard your intellectual property. Keep a file of your own documents and check others against them for possible cases of literary theft.
• FindSame
  Paste text or a web page URL in the box below and FindSame will show you where on the Web any piece of that text or page appears.
• Cheat Wave: Busting Online Plagiarism
  Review article from Zdnet. Discusses three Anti-Plagiarism programs: Plagiarism.org, Essay Verification Engine, and IntegriGuard.
• The Webs plagiarism police.
  Andy Dehnart writes in Salon News Magazine . Focuses on problems that can occur when relying on detection software.

Style Manuals

• Style manual Sites
  An  collection of the major style manuals. MLA, APA, Chicago/Turabian, CBE and examples of Web style guides.

Honor Code - Colorado College

• Colorado College Honor System
  "The Honor System encompasses the student body, the Honor Council, and the Honor Code to form an essential part of the academic program at The Colorado College."

Bibliography - Online Plagiarism

• Sources for this Presentation.

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