The article Preventing Plagiarism by Jill Frey states many topics dealing with plagiarism. Frey divides the article into divisions which each discuss a different area of plagiarism. The first area of this article which she discusses is Why students plagiarize? She gives a brief but to the point explanation of why this occurs. Another area of the article is How can the faculty try to detect plagiarism from online sources? Withing this area we can find brief explanations of techniques used to detect plagiarism. She also explains How can an educator prevent plagiarism from happening?, and she also gives ideas on doing so.
Frey, Jill. “Preventing Plagiarism” http://web.presby.edu/writingcenter/faculty/preventplag.html Accessed November 23, 2008.
The article Anti- Plagiarism Strategies for Research Papers by Robert Harris explains to the reader the different reasons why students commit plagiarism and as well as Frey, Harris explains in great detail all of the possible reasons a student may have to cheat and also in great detail, he gives ideas on how to overcome those mishap for each and every possibility. This article also gives the reader a clear and thorough explanation on how to prevent plagiarism from happening in the classroom as well as input on how to detect if plagiarism has occurred.
Harris, Robert. “Anti- Plagiarism Strategies for Research Papers” Virtual Salt. November 2004. http://www.virtualsalt.com/antiplag.htm
The New York Times article Are More People Cheating? Despite Ample Accounts of Dishonesty, a Moral Decline Is Hard to Calculate by Felicia Lee gives the reader an up to date insight of cheating. It discusses the approval that cheating and/ or copying has gain within the last few years and the growing tolerance of society for those who choose to do so. In this article, she discusses the different types of cheating that there are and how in most cases they are being overlooked.. Lee also explains in this article the different reasons why people cheat.
Lee, Felicia. “Are More People Cheating? Despite Ample Accounts of Dishonesty, a Moral Decline Is Hard to Calculate” The New York Times. October 2003. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D05EEDE153CF9
The article published in The Owl of Purdue such as Avoiding Plagiarism: Best Practices for Teachers can give educators ideas on how specific policy terms should be. By being explicit and direct to the point, a student is less likely to commit plagiarism. Also by being very specific about policy terms a student may be less likely to claim that policy terms were not established or make false claims of not knowing the terms or not understanding them.
“Avoiding Plagiarism: Best Practices for Teachers”. The Owl at Purdue. 1995-2008. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/589/05)
In the article Preventing Plagiarism: A Guide for Students published by the Millikin University Library, one can find various definitions of plagiarism as well as a thorough explanation of what is Millikin’s policy on plagiarism. This policy explains the actions that will be made in the classroom as well as the University per say if any student plagiarizes. This article also gives a brief explanation on how an educator as well as a student can know if they are crossing the line in terms of plagiarism.
“Preventing Plagiarism: A Guide for Students”. Millikin University: Staley Library. September, 2007. http://www.millikin.edu/staley/research/prevent_plagiarism.asp.
