CyberPlagiarism

General Resources
Presentations on Plagiarism
Articles regarding Plagiarism
Tools to Combat Plagiarism
Search Engines
Selected Bibliographies

The following are resources teachers can use to help students avoid plagiarism, as well as tools to determine if students have plagiarized.

General resources

Anti-Plagiarism Strategies for Research Papers (Robert Harris of Vanguard University of Southern California) Excellent printable resource! Separated into strategies of Awareness, Prevention and Detection. A must-read.
What is Plagiarism? (Georgetown University) A guide aimed at describing to students what plagiarism is and isn't.
Avoiding Plagiarism (Perdue University Online Writing Lab) Great pintable for students!
Faculty Resources - Plagiarism and Intellectual Honesty (Dalhousie University) List of resources for faculty to help aid in detecting, preventing and assignment design.
Thinking and Talking About Plagiarism (bedfordstmartins.com/technotes) Very well thought out discussion and list of resources on assignment design and ideas of how to discuss plagiarism with students. Also see the author's critical analysis of turnitin.com.
Online Plagiarism: Preventing, Detecting and Tracking Online Plagiarism (University of Illinois Library) A short printable introduction to the subject.
Electronic Plagiarism Seminar (Noreen Reale Falcone Library) A compendium of useful resources on plagiarism.
Plagiarism: What It is and How to Recognize and Avoid It (Indiana University Writing Services) Another printable which gives examples of what is and what is not plagiarism.
Plagiarism and the Web (Bruce H. Leland) Suggestions to teachers/professors on how to prevent and detect plagiarism.
Center for Academic Integrity (Kenan Institute for Ethics) Resources useful in the attempt to develop students who do not wish to cheat.
Preventing and Detecting Plagiarism (Staley Library, Millikin University) Some suggestions about how to deal with plagiarism, as well as a number of useful links.

Presentations on plagiarism

Alec Couros' CyberPlagiarism presentation (University of Regina) Note that this is a PowerPoint presentation.
Plagiarism and Intellectual Honesty - Audio/Powerpoint Presentation (Dalhousie University) For teachers/professors. Note that there is also an html (web) version of the presentation available.
Electronic Plagiarism Seminar (Noreen Reale Falcone Library) An impressive overview of the topic, including guides for students and teachers, a bibliography.
Plagiarism Workshop/WebQuest (Janice Cooper) Aimed at teaching high school students about plagiarism.
Researching Ethically: What is plagiarism, why does it matter, how can you avoid it? (Dalhousie University Libraries) For students. Note that a free guest registration is required.

Articles on plagiarism

Plagiarism: a misplaced emphasis (Brian Martin) Examines the common approach to dealing with plagiarism and its shortcomings.
Probing for Plagiarism in the Virtual Classroom (by Lindsey S. Hamlin and William T. Ryan, in the Syllabus Magazine)
Plagiarism in Colleges in the USA (Ronald B. Standler) Examines plagiarism from a legal perspective.
The New Plagiarism: Seven Antidotes to Prevent Highway Robbery in an Electronic Age (From Now On: The Educational Technology Journal)
Downloadable Term Papers: What's a Prof. to Do? (Tom Rocklin, Center for Teaching Excellence at Iowa State University)
Four Reasons to be Happy about Internet Plagiarism (Russell Hunt, St. Thomas University)
Generation of Cheaters (Kevin Bushweller) The American School Board Journal: April 1999 Cover Story
CNN.com - Student wins battle against plagiarism-detection requirement - Jan. 21, 2004 (Emanuella Grinberg) Student from McGill University manages to win a legal battle against the use of plagiarism detection software on his work.

Tools to help combat and discover plagiarism

Turnitin.com A fee-based service which attempts to determine if internet plagiarism has occured by searching a paper for unoriginal content.
MyDropBox Another fee-based service which also attempts to determine if internet plagiarism has occured.
EVE2: Plagiarism Detection for Teachers A software program that checks for plagiarism by cross-referencing a large number of websites. Pay-ware.
Glatt Plagiarism Screening Program (GPSP) Another software program to check for plagiarism. Pay-ware.
CopyCatch Gold A software program that performs a check to determine if plagiarism has occured. Pay-ware.
WCopyfind A software program used to compare multiple local files to discover similarities that may indicate plagiarism. Free.
Jplag An online service that can check for plagiarism in computer science course work (program creation). Free.
Cheating 101: Paper Mills and You, Internet Plagiarism (Kimbel Library) List of paper mills that is updated every 6 months. More than 250 mills are listed. Also contains a printable list of steps to prevent plagiarism.

Search engines

In a most search engines, enclose a distinct phrase from a paper in quotations to search for that exact phrase. This is a good method to use if you suspect a particular part of a paper may be plagiarised. For detailed information on how to check for plagiarism using search engines, see this tutorial page.

Google or the Google advanced search is a good place to start. For more information on performing advanced Google searches, see the Google advanced search syntax help page.
Dogpile a metasearch engine that utilizes Google, Yahoo, Ask Jeeves, About, LookSmart, Teoma, Overture and FindWhat.
Debriefing Another powerful meta search engine.
The Deep Web (University of Albany Libraries) Information regarding information that is difficult/impossible to find using traditional search engine techniques. This information is often called the deep (or invisible) web.

Selected bibliographies

Combating Plagiarism: A Select Bibliography (Adam Scott Intermediate) Includes books, articles and websites.
Plagiarism Stoppers : A Teachers Guide References for many appropriate websites.
Electronic Plagiarism Seminar - Bibliography (Noreen Reale Falcone Library) Includes books, articles and websites.