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Resources for Plagiarism Detection & Deterrence


Prevention through Education

Plagiarism in the News

Fairfield University Honor Code

The Plagiarism Court (tutorial)

Plagiarism Proof Teaching Strategies, (MS PowerPoint)

"Plagiarism Proof" Workshop Program PDF

The Law, Consequences of Plagiarism

Avoiding Plagiarism

Anti-Plagiarism Strategies for Papers

The New Plagiarism: Seven Antidotes

Writing Program Administrators'
Statement on Best Practices

RefWorks: citation management tool

The Chronicle of Higher Education
Login and search for the word plagiarism

David Bouchier on WSHU, 1/28/02
Universal Plagiarism

New York Times, 2/23/02
Historian Says Borrowing Was Wider Than Known
(connect with StagWeb username & password)

New York Times, 5/11/03
Times Reporter Who Resigned Leaves Long Trail of Deception
(connect with StagWeb username & password)

Guardian, 2/8/03
Downing St. Admits Blunder on Iraq Dossier

McGill Daily, 1/19/04
Rosenfeld-1, McGill-0: Ad hoc panel rules to grade
Arts student's material following Turnitin.com saga

Informative Sites

Detection Services

The Center for Academic Integrity

Plagiarism & Cyber Plagiarism: a Guide to
Selected Resources on the Web

Plagiarism and the Web

The Plagiarism Resource Site

Plagiarism (resources online)

Read This Caveat First!

WCopyfind for Windows (free)

Eve (minimal fee for personal subscription)

Turnitin (get a price quote for a license)

MOSS (Measure of Software Similarity)

SPlaT (Self-Plagiarism Detection Tool)

Or, try entering phrases form the paper into different search engines, such as Google or Yahoo.