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Helpful Information

Links to web sites
Turnitin - research resources
The Center for Academic Integrity
Paper Mill - links from Old Dominion University
Journal Articles and Chapters in Books- a bibliography by Rebecca Moore Howard, Syracuse University

Links to citation information
CSS Library MLA & APA Formats
From the University of Wisconsin-Madison Writer's Handbook:
APA (American Psychological Association)
Chicago/Turabian Style
MLA (Modern Language Association)

Tutorials
How to Recognize Plagiarism - an online tutorial created by the Indiana University, Bloomington
San Jose State University students: Plagiarism Tutorial - an online tutorial created by San Jose State University Library. Users will need to view as a "Guest".
Plagiarism Tutorial - an excellent online tutorial from the University of Southern Mississippi
"You Quote it, You Note it" - from Acadia University in Nova Scotia
Quoting and Paraphrasing Sources - from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Writer's Handbook
Paraphrase: Write it in your own words - from OWL the Online Writing Lab from Purdue University
Cheating - 1952 film available from the Internet Archive
A Question of Trust - Katie Couric interviews Jason Blair, a New York Times reporter, who was caught plagiarizing. Available from MSNBC.com

Sample Honor Codes
The Center for Academic Integrity - Links to Member Institutions' Honor Codes
St. Olaf
Stanford University
Oberlin College
Emory College
Duke University
Vanderbilt University
University of Colorado
Georgia Institute of Technology
Foothill College

Articles
Bedford/St.Martin. (2001). Thinking and talking about plagiarism.
TechNotes. Available full-text online here
McCabe, D. & Treviño, L. (2002). Honesty and honor codes. Academe, 88, (1), 1-7. Available full-text online here
Standler, R.B. (2003). Plagiarism in colleges in USA. Available full-text online here

Books on plagiarism here in the Library
The Plagiarism Handbook: Strategies for Preventing, Detecting, and Dealing with Plagiarism (2001) by Robert A. Harris PN167.H37x
Doing Honest Work in College: How to Prepare Citations, Avoid Plagiarism, and Achieve Real Academic Success (2004) by Charles Libson PN171.F56L56
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