Copyrights and Plagiarism

General Resources on Plagiarism

Further links to Plagiarism

END-OF-TERM CONUNDRUMS, PART 1: PLAGIARISM

In this Chronicle of Higher Education blog post, Ohio State English professor Frank Donoghue laments how easy it is for students to plagiarize. Google and Wikipedia provide access to free term papers, and there is even a YouTube video on “How to Beat Turnitin.”

DEFINING AND AVOIDING PLAGIARISM: THE WPA STATEMENT ON BEST PRACTICES

From the Council of Writing Program Administrators.

AVOIDING PLAGIARISM, SELF-PLAGIARISM, AND OTHER QUESTIONABLE WRITING PRACTICES

Miguel Roig of St. John’s University offers this “guide to ethical writing.”

PLAGIARISM.ORG

An website dedicated to preventing plagiarism. Defines types of plagiarism and includes tips on how to prevent it.

TOWARD A RATIONAL RESPONSE TO PLAGIARISM

In this Chronicle of Higher Education arcticle, Rob Jenkins from Georgia Perimeter College shares some practical ideas for dealing with plagiarism.

AVOIDING PLAGIARISM

Tips for students from the Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL).

GRAMMARLY

A website designed to help students check their papers for grammatical errors and plagiarism. Teachers could use it to check student papers, too!

 

General Resources on Copyrights

Further links to Copyrights

WHAT FACULTY NEED TO KNOW ABOUT COPYRIGHT FOR TEACHING

American University Library – 2010. The text here serves as a guideline and is not intended as legal advice. Refer to appropriate copyright law and University policies for full information.

TEACHING COPYRIGHT

Teaching Copyright will require your students to think about the role in the online world and provide them with the legal framework they need to make informed choices about their online behavior. At this link, resources on Teaching Copyright Handouts and Support Documents, Books, Articles, Organizations, Blogs, Copyright & Fair Use Legal Cases, P2P, Copyright & Fair Use, Public Domain etc. will be found.

 

Journals

Frantsvog, D. A., J.D. (2012). All Rights Reversed: A study of Copyleft, Open – Source, And Open – Content Licensing, Contemporary Issues In Education research, 5, 15 – 22.