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Avoiding Plagiarism - Resources

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Campus Resources

UA Library - Librarian Subject Specialists
UA Librarians can offer suggestions in developing research assignments that help in preventing plagiarism. Each department has a liaison that you can contact.

University Teaching Center (UTC)
UTC offers workshops for faculty and GAT on Academic Integrity among other topics. UTC also offers one-on-one consultation on a variety of pedagogical topics.


Dean of Students Office
The Dean of Students Office offers guidance and assistance to faculty and students dealing with cases of plagiarism. This includes forms for reporting suspected plagiarism, the appeals process, and interpretation of the Code of Academic Integrity.

UA Code of Academic Integrity

 

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Faculty Resources

Prevention

Council of Writing Program Administrators (WPA)
"The Council of Writing Program Administrators is a national association of college and university faculty with professional responsibilities for (or interests in) directing writing programs. Members include directors of freshman composition, undergraduate writing, WAC/WID/CAC, and writing centers, as well as department chairs, division heads, deans, and so on." Defining and Avoiding Plagiarism: The WPA Statement on Best Practices

Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education
Because information literacy is crucial to a student's success in college, the Association of College and Research Libraries has established a set of five standards with which to gauge the ability of students to locate, evaluate and effectively use information. Standard five deals with academic integrity.

Turnitin Research Resources for Educators
Offers suggestions for integrating plagiarism education into lesson plans and tips for creating assignments that discourage plagiarism.

Detection

Plagiarism Detection Services (PDF)
 A list of fee-based and free plagiarism detection services with descriptions. Compiled in 2002 by Renoir Gaither, Shapiro Undergraduate Library, University of Michigan.

The following is a selected list of detection services. Some are included in Gaither's document. Most detection services offer a free trial.

Teaching about plagiarism - see the links below in the Student Resources, many of them are good teaching tools

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Student Resources

Citation Style Guides
Basic guidelines and examples to frequently asked citation questions from three major style guides: MLA, APA, and Chicago.

Plagiarism: What It is and How to Recognize and Avoid It - Indiana University, Bloomington. Writing Tutorial Services PDF pamphlet
Tips on avoiding plagiarism with examples of acceptable and unacceptable paraphrased statements. Information on what is considered “common knowledge” that does not have to be acknowledged.

Citing Sources Tutorial - Searchpath- Western Michigan University Library
Short tutorial that is part of a module on citing sources with tips on avoiding plagiarism and examples of good and bad paraphrased statements with commentary. Brief explanation of copyright. Short quiz with feedback for each question and score at end.

You Quote It, You Note It - Vaughan Memorial Library, Acadia University

An interactive tutorial about how to avoid plagiarism and how to cite correctly that lets students pick one of four characters to follow through the tutorial.

Research and Documentation Online - Diana Hacker, Bedford, St. Martin's Publishing
Guidelines for finding and documenting sources, including online sources and interviews, for MLA, APA, Chicago, and CSE style guides. Includes sample research papers in each style.

The Plagiarism Court: You be the Judge - Fairfield University
An interactive tutorial that provides some good advice on how to avoid the pitfalls of plagiarism.

Landmarks Citation Machine
Use the Citation Machine to create an accurate MLA or APA bibliography. All you need to do is choose the type of work you need to cite, enter your information, and click process. In just a few seconds, the Citation Machine will format your information into an MLA or APA citation that you can copy and paste into your bibliography. For resources not available through the Citation Machine, such as journal articles that you retrieved through an online database, use appropriate citation guides; see: UA Library Citation Guide .

Turnitin Research Resources for Students
Offers a definition of plagiarism and tips on how to avoid Internet-based and conventional plagiarism. There are guidelines for proper citations as well as suggestions for developing good research and writing skills.

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