http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/TM/curr390_guide.shtml

• Use quotations for everything that is copied exactly from the text (include the quotes when taking notes taken from original text.)
• Make sure you paraphrase correctly. Replacing one or two words in each sentence is not paraphrasing; it is delete and replace plagiarism. Read the original text, cover it up, write it in your own words, and check your paraphrase with the original to make sure you have not used any of the same words or phrases.
• Be sure to give credit for paraphrased work also.
• Include in your notes all the information you will need to cite the sources correctly. Update the bibliography regularly. Refer to the citing sources link above.
• Print all web pages that you use. Write the date that you accessed the web page on the printouts. Keep all your notes and all the printouts.
• Always cite any words, information, and ideas that you learned in your research. If you did not know it before you began the research, you must cite it. If you are not sure, cite it. Sources should be cited internally in the body of the paper and in the bibliography. http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/TM/curr390_guide.shtml (page 2)
• Commonly known facts (everyone knows it) do not have to be cited.
  
http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/plagiarism.shtml Provides examples of acceptable and unacceptable paraphrases and simple instructions on how to recognize and avoid plagiarism.

http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/mla/plagiarism.shtml Great examples of original text and sample uses of these writings. Each example is rated on plagiarism or acceptable use. Have students look at these before taking the following self-test.

http://ec.hku.hk/plagiarism/self_test.htm Take a self-test for understanding and avoiding plagiarism. Students should take this test before writing assignments.

http://www.northwestern.edu/uacc/plagiar.html

http://www.accd.edu/pac/lrc/plagiarism.htm

http://www.georgetown.edu/honor/plagiarism.html

There are many web sites that allow students to download research papers. Students are often paid for putting their work there for others to use. Refer to the handout of some of the sites commonly used by students.

• Teach students proper research techniques.
• Teach a lesson on plagiarism and examples of plagiarism. Let them know the consequences of plagiarism in your class.
• Let students know that you know about the paper mill web sites and that you check their papers. Actually check out these sites (you will have to do it at home as NISD has blocked all of these sites.) You might want to print out a poorly written paper found at one of these mills and use it as an example in your class. Be sure the students know where you got the paper. This might discourage them from doing the same.
• Give very specific assignments
  • List what should be included.
  • If possible, allow students to select the topic within guidelines. Include unusual topics or recent current events.
  • Require some recent sources (magazines, newspapers, journals, etc.) printed or online.
  • Examples from required sources (books, web sites, letters, interviews, current events, etc.) Possibly require a specific number of each.
  • Require personal examples.
  • Require personal opinions.
  • Change topics and assignments from year to year.
• Require outlines of ideas or graphic organizers (Inspiration).
• Check rough drafts, corrected rough drafts, final copy.
• Require specific formatting for the final typed paper.
• Possibly require assignments to be e-mailed to you. This would make it very easy to search the web to check for plagiarism.
• Have students turn in printouts of all Internet sites used, photocopies of table of contents from books used, photocopies of any articles used.

 

http://www.accd.edu/pac/lrc/plagiarism.htm

http://www.utoronto.ca/writing/plagiarism.html

• Check to see if the formatting matches what the teacher required.
• Check the sentence structure, advanced vocabulary, unusual phrases.
• Highlight keywords, unusual phrases, or sentences that could be placed in a search engine to check for plagiarism. Check any paper that seems suspicious.
• Check to see if all parts of the assignment are included. Do any parts sound like they were just added in and don't match the rest of the paper.
• Check to see if it is the right kind of paper; argumentative, analytical, etc.
• Check the bibliography for dates of the references. Are they recent or old?
• Check to see if your library has the books listed in the bibliography. Check a few of the Internet resources.
• Have students turn in copies of all sources used as mentioned in section 4.

 

http://www.google.com/advanced_search

http://www.alltheweb.com

http://www.altavista.com/web/adv

http://www.metacrawler.com

http://www.excite.com

http://www.hotbot.com

http://www.turnitin.com/static/about_us/primetime.html

http://chronicle.com/free/v48/i36/36a03701.htm

http://chronicle.com/free/v47/i43/43a02601.htm