1. Detecting Plagiarism Using the WWW

2. 2 “Gotcha!” Teacher Magazine (February 2001) http://www.edweek.org/tm/tmstory.cfm?slug=05ethics.h1

3. 3 Plagiarism involving the WWW 1.Term papers to order 2.Written assignments in all disciplines, e.g., lab reports, surveys, literature reviews, lesson plans 3.Inaccurate, incomplete citation of electronic sources 4.Downloading information without citation

4. 4 Term Papers to Order UMCP Instructional Technology website lists over 30 sites offering free term papers to download. These include www.sparknotes.com www.schoolsucks.com www.paperwriters.com www.netessays.net www.academic-term-papers.com

5. 5 Inaccurate, incomplete citation of electronic sources. In-class lecture, instruction, examples Discipline-specific style guides Kuhn Library instruction homepage http://aok.lib.umbc.edu/reference/instructionhomepage.php3

6. 6 Suspicious phrasing “The Preface to the Canterbury Tales” “Due to the pervasiveness of Christianity in the psyche of medieval Europe, Hebrew was thought to be the progenitor of all languages.”

7. 7 Searching the WWW for Sources: 1.Search engines—Metacrawler and Google are especially good 2.Commercial plagiarism detection sites: www.plagiarism.com www.turnitin.com www.findsame.com(free) www.howoriginal.com (free)

8. Testing the Detection Sites: www.findsame.com

9. Testing the detection sites http://www.turnitin.com/ http://www.turnitin.com/

10. 10 For Discussion: Decrease opportunities for plagiarism. –Course policy defines plagiarism and spells out consequences –Classroom ethics –Provide guidance to student about when, how, and especially why to document sources properly –Design writing assignments to foster originality and creativity –Read rough drafts online; provide in-class and/or online editing workshops; monitor work in progress