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How Original.Com
You can check up to IK of potentially plagiarized text for free on this
site. Source: IntegriGuard Inc. Tip: Another way to detect
plagiarized text is to locate a phrase containing unique words, then search
for it using a search engine like Goggle or Altavista. You'll be
surprised how well this works.
Easy Steps to Combatting
Plagiarism
This site offers practical help in combatting plagiarism.
Web
Plagiarism Issues
This site contains many links to information about both detecting and
preventing plagiarism, as well as general definitions. Detour: For
a list of fee-based anti-plagiarism software, click on the "Detecting
Plagiarism" link.
Preventing
Plagiarism
This site gives ideas about preventing plagiarism.
Plagiarism
Q&A
You'll find answers to common teacher and student questions about plagiarism
at this site. Source: Michael Spears, Grosse Point North High School
(MI). Don't Miss: "Links for Teachers" for articles and advice from
teachers and librarians.
The New Plagiarism:
Seven Antidotes to Prevent Highway Robbery In an Electronic Age
This article provides teachers with methods to discourage
plagiarism. Among them: "Discourage 'Trivial Pursuits;" that is,
encourage students to solve problems, instead of sending them on "information
scavenger hunts." Source: Jamie McKenzie, From Now On, vol. 7 no. 8, May
1998.
Cheating 101:
Paper Mills and You
This well-designed library-based tutorial for students and teachers is-,
a primer on paper mills. Source: Margaret Fain and Peggy Bates,
Yimbel Library, Coastal Carolina University (SC). Don't Miss: "Easy
Steps to Combating Plagiarism," a pragmatic list of positive suggestions.
PLAGIARISM WEB SITES
Listed below are some of the most notorious paper mills. (Plagiarism is
illegal, but these sites skirt the issue simply by noting that their papers
are to be used for research and reference purposes only.) Take a look
at them and familiarize yourself with their content. It'll help
make spotting imposters easier.
Cheathouse.com
PaperStock
The Paper Store
School Sucks
Gail lunion-Metz (Gail@iage.com), SLJ's Librarian's Internet columnist,
is a librarian and president of Information Age Consultants.
SEPTEMBER 2000 School Library JournW 43
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