1. TIPS ON DEALING WITH,
THE DECTECTION OF
AND PREVENTING
PLAGIARISM
WENDI REINWALD
LIS5260

2. Standards for the 21st
Century Learner
Skills: Responsibilities:
 2.1.1 – Organizing knowledge  1.3.1 – Respect
so that it is useful copyright/intellectual property
rights of creators and
producers
 3.1.6 – Use information and
technology ethically and
responsibly

3. Every generation has the
privilege of standing on the
shoulders of the generation
that went before; but it has
no right to pick the pockets
of the first-comer.
-Brander Matthews
Recreations of an Anthologist

4. To plagiarize is to
take work that is not
your own and submit
it as your
own, without giving
credit to the person
who created it.
-Others People’s Words,
Barbara Francis

5.  A free term paper site, run by a 16 year old, receives 13,000 hits a day.
 A librarian who went undercover to investigate plagiarism ordered a paper
from a term paper mill. The paper could not be delivered on time because the
site was being flooded with 800 orders a day
 John Barrie, co-founder of Plagiarism.org, says the company’s detection service
is experiencing a 10-15 percent plagiarism rate on the papers it checks
 Despite warning his class in advance that he would be checking their papers for
signs of plagiarism, Berkeley professor D. Presti found that 45 out of 300
papers submitted had at least some sections copied from other sources
 A former tutor at the University of Minnesota admitted to having written “400
academic papers for members of the men’s basketball team
(Harris, v-vi)

6. Reasons WHY?
 Ignorance
 Careless note taking
 Stress and Competition
 Lack of buy-in to the educational enterprise
 Tutoring out of control
 Cheating in self-defense
 Perceived cheating by authority figures
 Lack of perceived punishment
 Students are natural economizers
 Too many choices, out off low priority
 Poor time management and planning skills
 Inadequate writing ability
 Do not believe that instructors actually read research papers
 Thrill of rule breaking
 Cryptomnesia

7. Cybercheating
 Dozens of internet sites offer papers for free, some in
exchange for another paper
 Some sites charge a fee
 Paper mills charge on average $8-9.00 per page and accept all
major credit cards.
 Paper mills cover a wide range of topics and have multiple
delivery methods.
 Some offer “custom work”, the student can custom order a
term paper

8. http://premium-papers.com/#

9. TermPaperDom.com

10. 5 Steps
1. Go to
BookwormLab.com.
2. Place an order for a
research paper.
3. Include all the details.
4. Pick your writer.
5. Get a top-notch
paper!
BookWormLab.com

11. Ways to avoid plagiarism
• Do not assume your students
Define
know what plagiarism is
• Present plagiarism in the most
& positive way possible
• Show and explain examples of
Educate plagiarism and sources
• Encourage original thinking

12. Definition
 Plagiarism – Latin for plagium, meaning to
kidnap
 Plagiary – derived from Roman
times, meaning to abduct a child or slave
of another
 Plagiarius – Latin, meaning plunderer, to
seize or rob

13. Educate
Summarization
Paraphrasing
Direct Quotes
Citation
Organization Skills

14. Summarizing
ReadingQues
t.org
http://www.readingquest.org/strat/summarize.
html

15. Summarization
West Virginia
Department of
Education
http://wvde.state.wv.us/
strategybank/summarization.html

16. Paraphrasing
Colorado
State
University
http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/resear
chsources/includingsources/paraphrasing/
without.cfm

17. Paraphrasi
ng
Purdue
Online
Writing
Lab
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/
resource/619/01/

18. Direct Quotes
University of
Richmond
Writing Center
http://writing2.richmond.edu/writing/wweb/dq.html

19. Using Direct
Quotes
UniLearning
http://unilearning.uow.edu.au/notetake/note18
_directq.html

20. Easy Bib
Citations
http://content.easybib.com/students/citation-
guide/mla

21. Citing
Sources
Son of
Citation
Machine http://citationmachine.net/index2.php

22. Steps to
writing a
research
paper
http://www.aresearchguide.com/
1steps.html

23. http://www.academictips.org/acad/atipsforwritingresearchpaper.html

24. Organization Suggestions
provided by the MLA handbook:
 Keep a separate notebook just for research and quotes
 File card system
 Mark direct quotes with highlighter
 NEVER cut and paste paragraphs.
Put this research onto its own page and identify its source
 Check direct quotes, make sure of accuracy
 Print and review your final draft.

26. Tools to identify plagiarism
1) KEEP STUDENT PORTFOLIOS TO HAVE ACCESS TO AUTHENTIC
WRITING SAMPLES
2) BECOME A DISCERNING READER
3) CHECK SUSPICIOUS PASSAGES USING AN ELECTRONIC
SEARCH ENGINE
4) CONSIDER USING A SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE TO CHECK
STUDENT PAPERS AGAINST ELECTRONIC SOURCES
5) CHECK FOR PRINT BASED PLAGIARISM
6) VARY TOPICS ASSIGNED TO AVOID PASSING DOWN OF
PAPERS THROUGH THE YEARS
7) DO NOT AVOID CONFRONTATION: CONFERENCE WITH
STUDENTS YOU SUSPECT OF PLAGIARISM

27. TurnItIn.com

28. Grammarly.com

29. ThePlagiarism.com

31. http://wendir.edu.glogster.com/plagiarism/

32. Works Cited
"A Research Guide for Students." . N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Mar 2012. <http://www.aresearchguide.com/1steps.html>.
Arzola Terry. N.d. Photograph. Austin Community CollegeWeb. 6 Mar 2012. <http://library.austincc.edu/gen-info/facplagiarism.htm>.
BookWormLab.com. Writing Solutions LLC, n.d. Web. 8 Mar 2012. <http://bookwormlabs.com/research-paper.php>.
DeSena, Laura Hennessey. Preventing Plagiarism : Tips and Techniques . Urbana, Illinois: National Council of Teachers of English, 2007. Print.
"EasyBib Write Smart." EasyBib. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Mar 2012. <http://content.easybib.com/students/citation-guide/mla/>.
Francis, Barbara. Other People's Words. Berkeley Heights: Enslow Publishers, Inc, 2005. Print.
"Grammarly." . N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Mar 2012. < http://ed.grammarly.com/editor/view/?f=1>.
Harris, Robert. The Plagiarism Handbook. Los Angeles: Pyrczak Publishing, 2001. Print.
N.d. Photograph. Indiana Law and Technology BlogWeb. 8 Mar 2012. <http://www.iltb.net/2011/01/online-copyright-violation-–-rap-their-
knuckles-and-rap-em’-hard/>.
N.d. Photograph. Learning Language OnlineWeb. 8 Mar 2012. <http://learn-language-online.com/teaching-languages/methodologies>.
Purdue Online Writing Lab. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Mar 2012. <http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/619/01>.
Reading Quest.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Mar 2012. <http://www.readingquest.org/strat/summarize.html>.
Sadlowski Marcin. thief in balaclava - pickpocket in action - theft of walle. N.d. Photograph. 123RFWeb. 6 Mar 2012.
< http://www.123rf.com/photo_7302986_thief-in-balaclava--pickpocket-in-action--theft-of-wallet.html>.

33. Works Cited Continued …
Teachable Moment. N.d. Photograph. Higher EDWeb. 8 Mar 2012. <http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=suspicious
plagiarism&view=detail&id=2CFF5E65E62541EB5656673E10B94667AE7CA730&first=61&FORM=IDFRIR>.
"The Citation Machine." Son of Citation Machine. The Landmark Project, n.d. Web. 8 Mar 2012. <http://citationmachine.net/index2.php>.
"Tips for writing a research paper." AcademicTips.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Mar 2012.
http://www.academictips.org/acad/atipsforwritingresearchpaper.html.
TurnItIn, Leading Plagiarism Checker, Online Grading and Peer Review. iParadigm,LLC, n.d. Web. 8 Mar 2012.
<http://www.turnitin.com/en_us/home>.
Unilearning Note Taking. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Mar 2012. <http://unilearning.uow.edu.au/notetake/note18_directq.html>.
. University of Richmond Writing Center, n.d. Web. 8 Mar 2012. <http://writing2.richmond.edu/writing/wweb/dq.html>.
West Virginia Department of Education. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Mar 2012. <http://wvde.state.wv.us/strategybank/summarization.html>.
"Writing @ CSU." Colorado State University. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Mar 2012.
<http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/researchsources/includingsources/paraphrasing/without.cfm>.