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Plagiarism refers to the taking and using of someone else's words or ideas and passing them off as your own. It is dishonest, unethical and can be illegal.

Teachers need to help students develop effective information literacy skills to avoid plagiarising their source materials.

Students also need to learn effective methods of citing their sources, both electronic and print.

Avoiding Plagiarism

Crime or Confusion: Why do students plagiarise?
Di Wilson (2006)
A short discussion of what plagiarism is, what causes it and how to deal with it.

About Plagiarism and Pixels
Diane Boehm (1997)
suggests a method of clarifying with students in Early to Late Adolescence their understanding of what plagiarism is and how to avoid it.

Anti-Plagiarism Strategies for Research Papers
Robert Harris (2004)
The strategies discussed here by can be used to combat what some believe is an increasing amount of plagiarism on research papers. Harris believes that by employing these strategies, students can be encouraged to value the assignment and to do their own work.

Is it Plagiarism?
Doug Johnson (1999)
In December 1999 Johnson received a query about plagiarism from a concerned parent. He posted the question to LM_NET, the listserv of school library media specialists worldwide, asking for suggestions about how he should reply. His collation of teacher responses clearly shows the complexity of the issue and makes fascinating and thought-provoking reading.

Learning Right from Wrong in the Digital Age: An Ethics Guide for Parents, Teachers, Librarians, and Others Who Care about Computer-Using Young People
Doug Johnson (2003)
An excellent source of challenging information and ideas for tackling the issue of student plagiarism.

The New Plagiarism: Seven Antidotes to Prevent Highway Robbery in an Electronic Age
Jamie McKenzie (1998)
This article discusses plagiarism in 'wired schools' and promotes a set of strategies for teachers to use when planning research assignments.

Plagiarized.com: The Instructors Guide To Internet Plagiarism
A list of links to cheating sites and some handy hints on how to recognise purloined material.

Plagiarism.org
A good site to show students to remind them that the Internet can also be used to counteract electronic plagiarism. This site searches a database of plagiarised papers and uses the computational power of computers to compare papers to detect originality. Includes a FAQ about plagiarism and links to articles on plagiarism.

Preventing Plagiarism with an Outcomes Approach
Sue Scott, CMIS (1999)
First published in Technology Focus Vol. 1, No. 2, 1999, this article suggests that focusing on the development of information skills will help to prevent students from simply copying and pasting information for assignments.

The Question IS the Answer: Creating Research Programs for an Age of Information
Jamie McKenzie (1997)
This article discusses how planning research strategies and learning to ask the right questions are essential ingredients to successful learning, especially when using electronic information sources.

Student Cheating and Plagiarism in the Internet Era: A Wake-Up Call
Ann Lathrop and Kathleen Foss (2000)
This book serves a warning about, and offers solutions to the increased opportunity for cheating and plagiarism using Internet sources.

You Quote It, You Note It!
Acadia University, Canada
A 10-minute interactive activity which helps upper secondary students to understand the concept of plagiarism.