Avoiding Plagiarism

Plagiarism Information | Tutorials | News | Policy Statements | Et cetera

One of the most serious academic offenses is plagiarism (see definition for "plagiarize" in the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary). If your institution, colleagues, or professional organization believe that you have unfairly used the work (the intellectual property) of another person, you may lose your job, be asked to leave your university, and/or have your professional career ruined. Here is some information on this problem. Contact John McVicker (mcvicker@ohiou.edu) with comments or suggestions.

Also check our pages on Quoting, Paraphrasing, & Summarizing and on Citation.

Plagiarism information

Plagiarism a simple definition

Plagiarism including examples of what to do and what not to do.

Plagiarism: Terms and Tutorials links

Plagiarism Resources Links

TIPS for Avoiding Plagiarism a brief summary

Avoiding Plagiarism basic information from Indiana University OWL

Plagiarism Examples

How Not to Plagiarize A FAQ from the University of Toronto on how to integrate others work without plagiarizing it.

Strategies to promote academic integrity Suggestions for what teachers can do to prevent various forms of cheating from University of California, Santa Barbara.

Anti-Plagiarism Strategies for Use in Assigning Research Papers A 6-point guideline for teachers from Robert Harris of Southern California University. Suggestions for teachers from University of Southern California. Useful for students too!

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Avoiding Plagiarism...tutorials

Longman: Avoiding Plagiarism interactive tutorial

Plagiarism videos entertaining and helpful

How to recognize plagiarism a quiz on definitions and another on examples from Indiana University School of Education; includes a 10 item quiz

Is it Plagiarism? Easy and complex situations

Recognizing plagiarism examples and cases

Plagiarism self-test one problem

Copyright & Plagiarism Tutorials

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In the news

Recent Plagiarism Cases

Google News search 'plagiarism' or 'academic honesty.'

Plagiarism plagiarism A news report on plagiarism which was itself plagiarized.

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Policy statements and rules on plagiarism

Ohio University (also THIS LINK)

University of Maryland keeps another list of plagiarism policies at universities in the USA

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Et cetera

Plagiarism and the Web From Western Illinois University, information on an archive of prewritten papers that some students have used

10 Myths about Copyright an essay by electronic publisher Brad Templeton (Clarinet, Newsedge Corporation) explaining 11 commonly held "beliefs" about copyright and fair use; there's also a discussion about the "rights" of linking to web pages.

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