Plagiarism

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.

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