Preventing Plagiarism

• Educate the students on the importance of academic honesty. (1) (2) (3) (4)
• Have a system that clearly defines the consequences of plagiarism, consistently punishes plagiarists and includes students in the judicial process. (4) (5)
  • UCD 2006-07 Catalog Academic Honor Code & Discipline Policies (see p. 38)
  • MSCD Judicial Affairs (see definition)
  • CCD Student Code of Conduct (see p. 39)
• To demonstrate some of the non-academic consequences of plagiarism do a web search on reporter & plagiarism
• Design assignments to monitor activities and follow a step-by-step process. (5) (6) (7)

Detecting Plagiarism (8) (9)

• Auraria Library page "cyberplagiarism: detection tools for faculty"
• Know plagiarists' resources on the internet and how they work
  • paper mills
  • research sites provided by Auraria Library
  • search engines
• Look for warning signs (8)
• Ask a librarian for help if there is difficulty searching for a suspect paper.
• Detection services (10)

Plagiarism and Distance Education (11)

• About the same percentage of students are prosecuted for cheating online as in traditional classrooms
• Plagiarism and detection of plagiarism are often simpler online

References & Links:

(1) What is Plagiarism? / Georgetown University Honor Council
(2) Plagiarism: What it is and how to avoid it / Indiana University Writing Centers
(3) Plagiarism and how to avoid it / David Gardner, University of Hong Kong
(4) Plagiarism: Its nature and consequences / Duke Libraries
(5) Suggestions to Prevent Cheating / Student Honor Council, University of Maryland
(6) Preventing Academic Dishonesty and Designing Assignments / VAIL
(7) Copy these strategies to stop plagiarism by students / Gary M. Galles
(8) Detecting plagiarism / University of Alberta
(9) Detection tools and methods / VAIL
(10) Free detection / NCHS
(11) Combating Plagiarism / CQ Researcher

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