The following is a guide to information, including books, av materials, journal articles and websites available through the Library Resource Centre at Library Support Services in the Winnipeg School Division on "Combating Plagiarism" If you wish to obtain any of the information, please call the Library Resource Centre at 788-0203 ext. 143, or come down and visit our library. We are located in the Prince Charles Educational Resource Centre at 1075 Wellington Avenue.

Updated December 2003

027.626 LEA
Learning and libraries in an information age : Principles and practice. Englewood, CO : Libraries Unlimited, c1999.  

027.626 STA
Stanley, Deborah B. Practical steps to the research process for high school. Englewood, CO : Libraries Unlimited, 1999.  

371.58 LAT
Lathrop, Ann. Student cheating and plagiarism in the Internet era : A Wake-up call. Englewood, CO : Libraries Unlimited, c2000.  

REF 808 CHI
The Chicago manual of style. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1993. 

808 LIX
Li, Xia. Electronic style : A Guide to citing electronic information. Westport, CN : Meckler, 1993.  

808.027 SHI
Shields, Nancy E. Where credit is due : A Guide to proper citing of sources, print and nonprint. 2^nd ed. Lanham, MD : Scarecrow Press, 1997.

Atkins, Thomas. “Learning with technology.” English Journal v 90 p 101-103. March ’01. 

Creech, Karen and Johnson, Janice. “Cybercheating.” InfoTech: the Advisory List January 1999  November, 2003   http://www.teachers-connect.net/cc/98-99/cybercheat.htm

 Foster, Andrea L. “Plagiarism-Detection Tool Creates Legal Quandary.” The Chronicle of Higher Education May 2002 :Nov 25, 2003 http://chronicle.com/free/v48/i36/36a03701.htm

 Green, Michelle. “’TurnItIn’ snares online cheaters.” NEA Today v 18 p 22-23. April ’00.

 Hadba, Connie. “Teaching students how to not plagiarize: two ounces of prevention.” Teacher-Librarian Today 9:1 (2003): 28-32. 

Junion-Metz, Gail. “The E-plagiarism plague.” School Library Journal v 46 p. 43. September ’00.

 McCullen, Caroline. “Tactics and resources to help students avoid plagiarism.” MultiMedia Schools 10:6 (2003): 41-43

 Procter, Margaret. “How not to plagiarize.” School Libraries in Canada v. 20 no. 2. p 7-8. 2000.  

Reese, Jean. “Effective Web use and more.” Multimedia Schools v 7 p 46-48. November/December ’00.

 Renard, Lisa. “Cut and paste 101 : Plagiarism and the net.” Educational Leadership v. 57 p 38-42. December ’99/January ’00. 

Royce, John. “Has Turnitin.com got it all wrapped up?” Teacher Librarian 30:4 (2003): 26-30.

 Schrage, Michael. “Your idea is brilliant ; glad I thought of it.” Fortune v. 142 p. 412. October 16 ’00.

 Stimson, Margaret. “Plagiarism.” MSLA Journal v 27 p 17-18. Spring ’00. 

Smith, C. Brian. “Fighting cyberplagiarism.” Netconnect Summer (2003): 22-23. 

Talab, Rosemary S. “Copyright, plagiarism, and Internet-based research projects : Three “Golden Rules”.” TechTrends v. 44 p.7-9. May ’00. 

Trotter, Andrew. “Educators turn to anti-plagiarism Web programs to detect cheating.” Education Week v. 20 p. 14. December 13 ’00. 

Willems, Harry. “Plagiarism @ your school library.” Library Media Connection February (2003): 28-31. 

The following journal has been entirely dedicated to the topic of “Ethical Use of Information” and can be located in each school library or at Library Support Services.

“The Ethics of information use : A Teacher’s guide.” School Libraries in Canada v 20 n 4. 2001.

INFORMATION ON PLAGIARISM

Avoiding Plagiarism. October 27, 2003. Web English Teacher. December 2003. http://www.webenglishteacher.com/plagiarism.html
Links with information and strategies for preventing plagiarism.

Bushweller, Kevin. “Digital Deception : The Internet makes cheating easier than ever” Electronic School  March 1999. December 2003 http://www.electronicschool.com/199903/0399f2.html 

The Center for Academic Integrity. 2002-2003. December 2003 http://www.academicintegrity.org/
Provides a forum to identify, affirm, and promote the values of academic integrity among students.

Plagiarism.org. 2003. December 2003 http://www.plagiarism.org/
Offers definitions of plagiarism, and skills and techniques for producing quality work.

Plagiarism Theme Page. December 2003 http://www.cln.org/themes/plagiarism.html Links to information about Plagiarism. Students and teachers will find curricular resources and reference materials to help them learn about this topic. 

Teaching students right from wrong in the digital age: A technology ethics primer.  Doug Johnson. 2003. December 2003 http://www.doug-johnson.com/handouts/ethics.pdf

 Web English Teacher October 2003. December 2003 http://www.webenglishteacher.com/plagiarism.html 
Information and practical strategies for fighting plagiarism.

  CHEAT SITES
The following sites are just a few of many for obtaining research papers either at a cost, or for free.

http://www.academictermpapers.com

http://www.bignerds.com

http://www.cheathouse.com 

http://www.FreeEssay.com/smart/ 

http://lazystudents.com/research/ 

http://www.research-assistance.com 

http://www.researchcentral.com/ 

http://www.schoolsucks.com/ 

http://www.termpaperwarehouse.com/tpw/ 

http://www.users.cloud9.net/~insanity/cheatingpage.html

SECURITY SERVICES
Copycatch. December 2003  http://www.copycatch.freeserve.co.uk/vocalyse.htm
A standalone option for checking common information in submitted work.

 IntegriGuard. December 2003 http://www.integriguard.com/
An online detection/prevention company, offering both free and fee-based services to meet Instructor needs.

TurnItIn.com. December 2003 http://www.turnitin.com
Provides the service of checking papers and research to determine if works have been plagiarized. There is a fee for using this site. 

The Chronicle of Higher Education. 2002. December 2003 http://chronicle.com/free/v48/i36/36a03701.htm 

CITING SOURCES
The Columbia Guide to Online Style. by Janice R. Walker and Todd Taylor. November 2002. December 2003  http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/cgos/basic.html
This site explains the elements of style and how to document sources.

The Elements of Style. William Strunk. Jr. 1999. December 2003 http://www.bartleby.com/141/index.html
A reference for writers giving the principles of plain English style and concentrating on rules and usage.

How To Cite Your Sources. SAS in School. September 21, 2002. December 2003 http://www.ncsu.edu/midlink/citing.html 
Provides examples of the steps one should take when retrieving and using information from the Internet.

NoodleTools. Damon Abilock and Debbie Abilock. 2003. December 2003 http://www.noodletools.com/index.html
NoodleTools is designed to aid students and professionals with their online research, from selecting a search engine and finding some relevant sources, to citing those sources.