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Plagiarism   (plj-rzm) - n 1: a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work 2: the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own.

Readings

Anderson, Gregory. "Cyber-plagiarism: a look at the Web term paper sites." College & Research Libraries News. 60.5 (1999): 371-74.

Armillas-Tiseyra, Magali. "The Growing Art of Cheating: Student Plagiarism is as Easy as Copying and Pasting." The GW Hatchet 14 October 2002: 6-7.

Auer, Nicole J., and Ellen M. Krupar. "Mouse Click Plagiarism: The Role of Technology in Plagiarism and the Librarian's Role in Combating It." Library Trends 49.3 (2001): 415-33. Academic Search Premier. 14 July 2001.

Bowden, Darsie. "Stolen Voices: Plagiarism and Authentic Voice." Composition Studies/Freshman English News 24.1-2 (1996):5-18.

Gresham, Keith. "Preventing Plagiarism of the Internet: Teaching Library Researchers How and Why to Cite Electronic Sources." Colorado Libraries 22.2 (1996):48-50.

Groak, Marie, Diana Oblinger, and Miranda Choa. "Term Paper Mills, Anti-Plagiarism Tools, and Academic Integrity." Educase Review 36.5 (2001): 40-48.

Harris, Robert A. The Plagiarism Handbook: Strategies for Preventing, Detecting, and Dealing with Plagiarism. Los Angeles, CA: Pyrczak Publishing, 2001.

Lathrop, Ann, and Kathleen Foss. Student Cheating and Plagiarism in the Internet Era: A Wake-Up Call. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2000.

Schneider, Alison. "Why Professors Don't Do More to Stop Students Who Cheat." The Chronicle of Higher Education 45.20 (1999):A8-11.

Stebelman, Scott. "Cybercheating: Dishonesty Goes Digital." American Libraries 29.8 (1998): 48-51.

Young, Jeffrey. "The Cat-and-Mouse Game of Plagiarism Detection." The Chronicle of Higher Education 6 July 2001: A26+.

Web Sites

Several of these web sites were consulted for this primer.

Electronic Plagiarism Seminar - Le Moyne College
http://www.lemoyne.edu/library/plagiarism.htm

Plagiarism: A Guide for CLU Students and Faculty - California Lutheran University
http://www.clunet.edu/iss/lib/infospecialist/path/specialresearch/plagiarism/plagiarism.htm

University of Alberta Libraries - A Faculty Guide to Cyber-Plagiarism
http://www.library.ualberta.ca/guides/plagiarism/index.cfm

Preventing and Detecting Plagiarism - University of Texas - Austin
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/instruction/faculty/plagiarism/

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