Academic Integrity and Plagiarism

Academic Integrity Statement for Inclusion in Syllabi - Short Version
Academic Integrity Statement for Inclusion in Syllabi - Long Version
(from the Royer Center for Learning and Academic Technologies)

Penn State's Cyberplagiarism: Detection and Prevention Site:
...Includes plagiarism "In the News", and the definition, causes, detection, and prevention of cyberplagiarism. Also has useful links to information on copyright and quizzes for students to take, such as, Quiz Wizard and the ANGEL Cyberplagiarism Question Bank, which faculty can import into ANGEL.

General Sources
Academic Sites
You and Academic Integrity
Preventing Plagarism
Detecting Plagarism
Paper Mills

General Sources

Ten Principles of Academic Integrity
by Donald L. McCabe and Gary Pavela

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Academic Sites

The Center for Academic Integrity

Plagiarism in Colleges in USA

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You and Academic Integrity

by Kay Harvey, Head Librarian, Penn State McKeesport

Give credit when bringing in concepts and/or ideas from someone else.
Follow copyright laws when you distribute materials or show media to your students.
Educate yourself and your students about academic integrity issues and why students cheat.
Use your district's Academic Integrity/ Cheating Policy. (If they don't have one, help get one adopted).
Give students something in writing that defines academic integrity, go over it with them in class, and give a short quiz on plagiarism.
Clearly explain your expectations and the consequences for cheating. Adjust your pedagogy to fit contemporary circumstances.

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Preventing Plagarism

Developing Assignments::

Swarthmore College: Deterrent Tips for Instructors

Plagiarism and Anti-Plagiarism [by Heyward Ehrlich]

Plagiarized.com: The Definitive Guide to Internet Plagiarism:

Tools for Teaching: Preventing Academic Dishonesty
[by Barbara Gross Davis]

On Exams and In Papers [by Kay Harvey]

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Detecting Plagarism

Google: http://www.google.com

Sample Search: Paper on What kind of Personality do you have?

Sample sentence from student's work:
Sensing Vs. Intuition - Sensing is the ability to deal with information on the basis of its physical qualities and its affection by other information.

Google Search: "Physical qualities and its affection"
Results: http://www.socionics.com/main/types.htm (Retrieved 5/11/04)

Note: This student actually took almost the entire web site and used it for his/her assignment. In addition, no attribution was given.