Real examples of Internet copyright violations. How to avoid plagiarism and cite Web-based material appropriately.

Ideas to use in preventing and detecting plagiarism.

Publisher's site providing information about The Plagiarism Handbook, a book with information about preventing, detecting, and dealing with plagiarism.

Examples and practice exercises from Rio Salado College.

Bloggers are naming names, creating an award for news organizations who plagiarize weblogs without attribution.

Detection software will search 800 million websites to stop students plagiarising from the internet.

Boston University is suing eight companies that sell term papers over the Internet. The school wants the federal courts to enforce a Massachusetts law banning the sale of term papers.

1997 article discussing the easily availability of online term papers.

Academic plagiarism has long been a problem in computer science faculties, but instructors and other university staff are increasingly turning to a series of free, Web-based tools to ferret out plagiarized code and catch cheaters.

Provides a forum to identify, affirm, and promote the values of academic integrity among students. It is affiliated with the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University.

Links to discussions of plagiarism and techniques to combat it.

Internet plagiarism examples, remedies, proper behavior, and annotated related links.

Briefly discusses the relationship between copyright and plagiarism.

Preventing, detecting and tracking online plagiarism.

Dalhousie's policies, news about plagiarism in university settings, and resources for faculty and students to help understand, avoid and detect plagiarism.

Tips for preventing and identifying plagiarism, including scientific fraud. Lists of plagiarism detection software sites and term paper mills. Bibliography and webography.

A group of students accused of sharing "programming solutions" by email now face fines or expulsion.

Definitions of plagiarism from the American Historical Association, Modern Language Association, and the American Psychological Association.

Russ Hunt writes, "The challenge of easier and more convenient plagiarism is to be welcomed. This rising tide threatens to change things for... the better."

Use this resource to confirm if an essay was created by the student who submitted it, or copied in part or in full from the web.

An initiative to encourage colleges and universities to do as much as they can to reinforce the positive values instilled by parents, such as honesty, compassion, self-discipline, and respect.

A list of Internet term paper and essay sites was compiled as part of a Teaching Effectiveness Seminar on cheating, plagiarism and Internet paper mills.

Realaudio-format radio report about the recent suspension of a clergyman for plagiarism (segment is 4 minutes and 15 seconds in duration).

A Realaudio-format radio report about the temptation to cheat via the internet on college coursework and how professors are fighting this trend. (segment is 9 minutes 30 seconds in duration).

Realaudio-format radio report. NPR talks with Thomas Mallon, author of Stolen Words: Forays into the Origins and Ravages of Plagiarism, about the discovery of plagiarism by well-known authors such as Steven Ambrose, and research techniques which should help avoid the problem (Segment is 4 minutes and 30 seconds in duration).

Account of how a University of California at Berkeley professor caught students cheating.

What It is and How to Recognize and Avoid It. From Indiana University Writing Resources page.

Provides generic advice and guidance on all aspects of plagiarism prevention and detection to institutions, academics and students.

A site targeted at webmasters and copyright holders regarding the issue of plagiarism online.

Guide for teachers and faculty discussing some issues and responses to the problem.

Article briefly discusses plagiarism in commercial and educational settings on the web.

Techniques, listing references, self-tests and worksheets from David Gardner of the University of Hong Kong.

Bibliography of print resources on plagiarism and the web.

Presents a concise list of methods for combating plagiarism in the classroom. From Bruce Leland of Western Illinois University.

Alison Bone, University of Brighton, provides basic information on the nature of plagiarism and how to prevent it, supplemented by extracts from the University of Brighton's student guide on plagiarism.

An article by Brian Martin published in Journal of Information Ethics, 1994. Argues that "concern about plagiarism has been diverted from the most serious and pervasive problems and channelled into excessive concern about less serious problems."

Documents used by the University of Kentucky Department of Chemistry.

Works to help instructors and parents better understand how the internet can facilitate plagiarism. Presents strategies to prevent plagiarism, explains some of the underlying causes, and provides advice on dealing with confirmed cases of plagiarism. Links to news stories on the topic are provided.

Designed to help writers develop strategies for knowing how to avoid accidental plagiarism. Available in printer friendly html and pdf versions.

A professor provides an informal collection of web resources on preventing and detecting plagiarism.

A collection of Internet links and information on plagiarism.

Author writes how plagiarism.org found a copy of the author's thesis online but did not recognize it as such. It instead flagged the author as a plagiarist. Plagiarism detection in general is also discussed.

A tutorial with many examples, practice questions with feedback, and a test.

Study guide company explains its stance on plagiarism, explains what it is and how to entirely avoid it.

Describes language to use in a syllabus to help clarify what plagiarism is and what responsible writing practices are. Teachers are welcome to use any or all of the content in their own syllabi.

Physics professor's computer search triggers investigation of 122 students.

Links to various weblog entries dealing with the topic of plagiarism (as self-described by their authors).

Highlights differences between 'electronic' plagiarism and traditional plagiarism.

Free software that allows teachers to compare papers and determine if one is plagiarized, plus links to other resources.

From the University of California, Irvine.

Clearinghouse for articles, resources, and information about plagiarism.

Term paper websites are proliferating and making a lot of money. Digital tools and services have been created to catch the cheaters who use the purchased papers or who cut and paste from various internet sites.

Faculty in high schools and colleges say the internet is making cheating too easy and too tempting.

Plagiarism detection software isn't just for academic papers any more.

Better questions as an antidote for rampant Internet plagiarism.

Sean-Paul Kelley, owner of the weblog he named The Agonist, got caught fraudulently writing about the invasion of Iraq by plagiarizing a paid news service called Stratfor.

One student has been expelled, and more than 100 cases of plagiarism remain to be resolved at the University of Virginia after a physics professor used a computer program to catch students who turned in duplicate papers, or portions of papers that appeared to have been copied.

Google Answers sometimes takes school kids up on the offer to answer homework questions or parts of assignments for a price.

Discussion of websites offering to write papers and do assignments for students.