QUICK TIPS:

· LCSC Librarians can help you track down sources that students may have plagiarized from our
  electronic databases or from the Web.
· Use current topics for assigned research papers, as most papers students can buy online are old
· Require students to turn in outlines before the paper is due or to prepare annotated bibliographies.
· Require students to turn in a copy of the articles they used in writing their papers.
· Talk about plagiarism with your students.  Refer them to the Information Literacy Module, "Avoiding
   Plagiarism."
 

Here are links to some web sites than can provide more information:

Academic Dishonesty and Plagiarism : The Conversation Continues: Powerpoint slides from the LCSC
Faculty "Thinking Through Lunch," November 11, 2009.

Deterring Plagiarism in Higher Education: A bibliography of books, articles, and websites on plagiarism,
copyright, and paper mills.  Maintained by the Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development,
Oxford Brookes University, UK, to support Jude Carroll's book, Handbook for Deterring Plagiarism in
Higher Education.  [Thanks to Brian Christenson for recommending this site!]

Defining and Avoiding Plagiarism : The WPA Statement on Best Practices: From the Council of Writing
Program Administrators, this statement includes a list of some causes of plagiarism, proposes shared
responsibilities for addressing the problem, and suggests "a set of practices that can significantly
reduce the likelihood of plagiarism."  [Thanks to Mary Flores for recommending this site!]

Electronic Plagiarism Seminar:  This very comprehensive site was developed by Gretchen Pearson, the
Public Services Librarian at Le Moyne College in Syracuse.  It includes tips for faculty on preventing
and detecting plagiarism, links to paper mills, and links to plagiarism detection sites.

Research Resources:  Tips for students and instructors from Plagiarism.org.  This organization is
affiliated with Turnitin.com, a fee-based service that has a plagiarism detection service.