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Contents

 Definition of Plagiarism Issues
 Developmental Issues
 Ethical Issues
 Cultural Issues

Plagiarism Instruction:  Definition of Plagiarism Issues

Defining and Avoiding Plagiarism: The WPA Statement on Best Practices
[http://wpacouncil.org/node/9]
    An overview of plagiarism from composition specialists. Includes discussion of responsibilities of universities, teachers, and students, with ideas for for classroom practice.

Price, Margaret.  "Beyond 'Gotcha!':  Situating Plagiarism in Policy and Pedagogy."  College Composition and Communication 54.1 (September 2002):  88-115
    An excellent discussion of plagiarism as situated in context. She provides advice on developing plagiarism policy and many practical exercises for discussing plagiarism in the classroom.

Plagiarism Instruction:  Developmental Issues

Plagiarism Prevention for Students (California State San Marcos)
[http://library.csusm.edu/plagiarism/]
    Contains a chart (How to Avoid Plagiarism) that identifies the range of activity that may cover deliberate and accidental plagiarism.
Avoiding Plagiarism (Purdue University)
[http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_plagiar.html]
    Contains a section called "The Intellectual Challenges in American Academic Writing."
You Quote It, You Note It! (Acadia University)
[http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/plagiarism/]
    An interactive tutorial that allows students to identify instances of plagiarism.

Plagiarism Instruction:  Ethical Issues

Roig, Miguel Ph.D.  Avoiding Plagiarism, Self-Plagiarism, and Other Questionable Writing Practices: A Guide to Ethical Writing. (St. Johns University)
[http://facpub.stjohns.edu/~roigm/plagiarism/Plagiarism.html]
    Includes examples of professionals who have suffered consequences of plagiarism.
Teaching Ethics for Research, Scholarship and Practice:  Office of the Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School (University of Minnesota)
[http://www.research.umn.edu/ethics/]
     Contains instructional and curricular materials appropriate for plagiarism.  From the left frame, follow both links,  "Curriculum," and "Instructional Materials," then "Plagiarism," to find case studies and discussion questions on plagiarism. 

Plagiarism Instruction:  Cultural Issues

Writing Research Essays in North American Academic Institutions:  A Guide for Students of All Nations (ACTS Seminaries of Trinity Western University)
[http://www.acts.twu.ca/lbr/research_essays2.htm#words]
    Clearly discusses the confusion international students confront when writing text-based research papers in North American colleges and universities.

URL:  http://www.library.uncc.edu/plagiarism