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Reference > Cybercheating
A Cybercheating Detection and Prevention Primer for GW FacultyCreated by Gelman Library, The George Washington UniversityPlagiarism in college is not a new phenomenon. However, with the introduction of the Internet as a research resource, the ways that students can commit plagiarism have taken on new dimensions. Online term paper mills and web sites provide students with ample opportunities to acquire materials not of their own original thought to be turned in to their classes. Some college students today have little or no idea what constitutes plagiarism. Many of them may concede that appropriating direct quotes or paraphrasing entire pages from printed resources into their papers without proper attribution is plagiarism, but these same students would be unlikely to concede the same allowances for online material. To them, the World Wide Web is entirely free for the taking and does not require any kind of citation of sources. The Internet has forced university faculty members to redouble their efforts to determine if students have plagiarized the papers they turn in and to continue to find ways to prevent students from plagiarizing in the first place. Gelman Library has created this cybercheating detection & prevention primer as a way to assist GW faculty in detecting student cybercheating or online plagiarism as well as preventing it. It is aimed at providing you with the background education and access to resources needed to conduct your own independent investigation of potential cybercheating. Table of Contents
Detecting Cybercheating/Online Plagiarism This web site is maintained by Tina Plottel.
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