Links
This page lists online resources about the plagiarism issue and is organized by category.
Penn State Policies
These are some links to Penn State Web pages which outline official policies on academic honesty and penalties for students who do not comply with these guidelines.
Penn State System
- Faculty Senate Policy 49-20 "Academic Honesty"
- Faculty Senate Policy 43-00 "Syllabus" (Academic Honesty Statement) -
- Penn State Academic Administrative Policies and Procedures,Section G-9 "Academic Honesty"
- Advising@psu.e Academic Integrity Links
College Policy Statements
- Agricultural Sciences - academicintegrity.cas.psu.edu
- Arts & Architecture (Faculty Handbook) - www.artsandarchitecture.psu.edu/facstaff/fac_hand/teach1.html
- Art History - www.arthistory.psu.edu/Undergrad/integrity.html
- Communications Don Davis Program in Communications Ethics - http://support.comm.psu.edu/~ethics/integrity.html
- Communications (P.D.F.) - www.psu.edu/dept/comm/advising/aintegrity.pdf
- Earth and Mineral Sciences - www.ems.psu.edu/students/integrity/
- Eberly College of Science - www.science.psu.edu/academic/Integrity/Policy.htm
- Education - www.ed.psu.edu/edservices/certification/academic_integ.htm
- Engineering - www.engr.psu.edu/CurrentStudents/acadinteg.asp
- Health and Human Development - www.hhdev.psu.edu/hdfs/undergrad/integrity.html
- Information Sciences and Technology (I.S.T.) - ist.psu.edu/currentstudents/page2.cfm?pageID=458
- Liberal Arts - www.la.psu.edu/CLA-LAUS/integrity/integrity.shtml
- Schreyer Honors College - www.scholars.psu.edu/currentstudents/policies/
- Smeal College of Business - www.smeal.psu.edu/smeal/integrity/
- World Campus - www.worldcampus.psu.edu/pub/home/studserv/ss_details.shtml
- Advising @ PSU - http://www.psu.edu/advising/integrit.htm
Campus Policy Statements and Resources
- Abington - www.abington.psu.edu/psasite/cs/shared/Registrar/integritypolicy.html
- Altoona - www.aa.psu.edu/academic/integrity.htm
- Berks - www.berks.psu.edu/Academics/integrity.htm?cn2
- Erie, The Behrend College - www.erie.psu.edu/faculty/academics/integrity.htm
- Harrisburg - www.cl.psu.edu/acadpolicies/guideline8.html
- Hazleton - www.hn.psu.edu/Faculty/resource/integrity.htm
- Hershey - www.hmc.psu.edu/gsa/integrity/index.htm
- Lehigh Valley - www.lv.psu.edu/Academics/26799.htm/
- Mont Alto (Penn State Principles) - www.ma.psu.edu/StudentLife/16172.htm
- Wilkes-Barre - www.wb.psu.edu/framework.asp?T=3&Sec=3&id=519&sub=524
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Sample Syllabus Statements
The new Senate Policy 43-00 (Syllabus) requires instructors to provide a statement on Academic Integrity within a syllabus. Your college or department may have a statement they want instructors to use, but if none is provided, the following are statements which have been developed by other colleges.
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Faculty Guides
These are links to online guides geared for instructors on how to prevent and detect plagiarism.
Penn State Support
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Techniques for Encouraging Academic Integrity (Kathleen Kemmerer, Hazleton)
Another Penn State plagiarism guide. -
Academic Integrity (Berks)
An in-depth guide for instructors -
Cyberplagiarism: Temptations for Students, Tactics for Teachers (I.T.S. Training)
Penn State Login Required -
Student Pulse Survey - Select "Academic Integrity"
(Penn State Division of Student Affairs)
Instructor to Instructor
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Barbara Gross Davis - Tools for Teaching: Preventing Academic Dishonesty
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Heyward Ehrlich - Plagiarism and Anti-Plagiarism
www.andromeda.rutgers.edu/%7Eehrlich/plagiarism598.html
newark.rutgers.edu/~ehrlich/plagiarism598.html -
Robert Harris/Virtual Salt - Anti-Plagiarism Strategies for Research Papers
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Bruce Leland - Plagiarism and the Web
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Tom Rocklin - Downloadable Term Papers: What's a Prof to do?
Suggests an exercise where students critique papers obtained from a paper mill. -
Keith Stanger - Plagiarism and Citing Reference Sources
- American Library Association - Plagiarism and cyber-plagiarism: A guide to selected resources
Colleges and Universities
- Indiana University
- University of Arizona
- UMUC VAIL - Virtual Academic Integrity Lab
- University of Maryland, University College
- University of Melbourne, Australia [Faculty Version]
- Millikin University
- University of North Carolina
- University of Virginia (Reading 'Riting and Research)
- Westchester Community College - Includes a suggestion to have students post assignments for peer review
- University of Toronto - Focus on assignments
- Univerisity of Pretoria
Background Issues
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Ronald B Standler - Plagiarism in Colleges in (the) USA
From an attorney. Discusses the legal issues and some cases. - Sharon Stoerger - Plagiarism Webliography
Academic Integrity Organizations
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The Center for Academic Integrity
www.academicintegrity.org -
Plagiarized.com
www.plagiarized.com
Student Guides
Penn State
- English 30 (John Harwood, University Park)
Examples of What Not to Do
- Indiana University Writing Tutorial Services.
- Purdue Online Writing Lab "OWL"
- UMUC VAIL - Virtual Academic Integrity Lab
- Northwestern University
- University of Wisconsin Writing Center
- Duke University
- Hamilton College
- Georgetown University
- Princeton - includes computer programming example at bottom
- University of Melbourne, Australia [Student Version]
- Rob Toreki, University of Kentucky
- History News Network - Discusses use of note taking to prevent accidental plagiarism
- McGill University
- Florida State
Guides With Quizzes and Exercises
See the Quiz Page for Penn State options. Other sites are listed below:
- Penn State iStudy "Academic Integrity"
- Penn State University Libraries
- "How to Recognize Plagiarism" (Indiana University)
- UMUC VAIL - Virtual Academic Integrity Lab
- "Plagiarism By Paraphrase Risk" (Goucher College)
- "Is it Plagiarism" (University of Maine)
- "Identifying and Avoiding Plagiarism" (Hong Kong University)
- "Information Literacy Tutorial" (Spring Hill College) - Also Information Literacy
- Plagiarism Pretest (Simon Fraser)
- The Cite is Right (Rutgers)
- "Academic Honesty" (University of Puget Sound)
Some "Straight Talk"
Citation Guidelines
- Penn State Libraries Style Manual Links
- Penn State Libraries Citing your Sources
- University of Wisconsin Wiriting Center
- Karla's Guide to Citation Styles (University of Iowa)
- Florida State
- Chicago Manual of Style (Ohio State)
- APA Style (Rutgers)
- MLA Citation Guide (PDF) (Bucknell)
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Paper Mills / Paper Archives
Some Typical Examples
- www.bignerds.com
- www.besttermpaper.com
- www.cheathouse.com ("Evil House of Cheat")
- www.serve.com/doctor ("The Doctor")
- www.essayfinder.com
- www.megaessays.com
- mightystudents.com
- www.netessays.net
- www.research-assistance.com
- www.schoolsucks.com
Archives with anti-plagiarism statements
- www.lazystudents.com
("If your professor can have a research assistant, why can't you?") - www.research-assistance.com
For Custom Papers and Dissertations
These services will write a paper on a custom topic. Some also offer an "editing" service as well
- custom-dissertations.net ("100% non-plagiarized")
- www.dissertationexperts.com (checked against plagiarism engines for "originality")
- essayrelief.com
- www.essayschool.com
- www.essaytown.com
- premiumresearchpapers.com
- ivytermpapers.com
- originalthesiswriting.com (from a former "Rochville University professor")
- www.superior-termpapers.com
- termpaperspecialist.com
- thedissertations.com
Some Paper Mills By Subject
Instructors should check on Google to see if research paper guides exist for a topic or subject area. Note that available topics for literature and history can be quite specific.
- www.jane-austen-essays.com
- www.china-research-papers.com
- www.death-of-a-salesman-essays.com
- Costal Carolina University Paper Mills by Subject
Other Paper Mill Directories
- Costal Carolina University
- University of Alberta
- University of Maryland Includes a "By Subject" Listing
Detection Services
Turnitin at Penn State
Penn State currently has a license for the Turnitin® plagiarism detection service. See its.psu.edu/turnitin/ for more information. This service compares text from a submitted document against a database of papers from Turnitin and from the Web.
Note: It is strongly recommended you read the Faculty Information page before implementing the service in your course so that you understand all implications for using the service and guidelines for assessing sanctions.
Other Services
These services search a database of papers listed on term paper Web sites to determine if there is a match for text you submit. Many of these services charge a fee.
NOTE: This is a directory only. Results may vary.
- www.integriguard.com
- www.paperbin.com ("Powered by Integriguard")
- plagiarism.org
- scriptum.ca - Also has tools for paper grading
Software
These organizations offer software to analyze electronic files for
similar passages.
NOTE: This is a directory only. Results may vary.
- Copyfind Freeware (UVA) - plagiarism.phys.virginia.edu
- Copy Catch Gold (www.copycatchgold.com)
- Essay Verification Engine (E.V.E.) - www.canexus.com/eve/index.shtml
- Glatt Plagiarism Services - www.plagiarism.com
- Word Check - www.wordchecksystems.com
Copyright & Fair Use
Some initial guidelines on what is "Fair Use." However, guidelines are still evolving, so caution is recommended when using digital material authored by someone else.
Penn State Resources
- TLT TEACH Act Page
- EMS Dutton eLearning Institute Copyright Information
- Penn State ITS Copyright Resources
- Ethical and Legal Use of Digital Media at Penn State
- Ethical and Legal Use of Digital Media FAQ
- Penn State Copyright Information and FAQ
- Penn State Copyright Clearance Office
Fair Use Cheat Sheets
Quick references on how much material can be used for Fair Use
- "Educator's Guide to Copyright and Fair Use" - TechLearning (October 2002)
- "Is 'Fair Use' a License to Steal?" - Education World (2000)
Part of a longer series - "Fair Use Chart for Teachers" - Cathy Newsome (1997)
- "Promoting Fair Use Guidelines in Educational Multimedia" - MultiMedia Schools (May/June 2000)
- "Intellectual Property, Copyright and Distance Learning" - UNC Horizon (January, 2002)
Includes sample letters requesting permission to use items - American Distance Education Consortium
"Fair Use for Educational Multimedia" - Original Guidelines, Posted 1996 - Santa Clara University Fair Use Guidelines for Students
Faculty Version also available.
TEACH Act
- Penn State TLT TEACH Act Page
- University of Texas System Copyright Crash Course
- Indiana University / Purdue University Indianapolis
In-Depth Resources
- Indiana University/Purdue Copyright Management Center
- "Fair Use of Copyrighted Works: A Crucial Element in Educating America"
California State Universities. - fairuse.stanford.edu - somewhat technical
- Web Law FAQ - Longish, but with practical ethical and legal guidelines for different scenarios
- UCLA Guide to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
- Two Copyright Laws Could Collide" (Chronicle of Higher Education , March 18, 2003)
An examination of possible interactions between TEACH and the DCMA
In the News Archives
See the News Archive page.
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