Plagiarism: Prevention and Response

A workshop for Lawrence faculty offered by Student Academic Services, the Seeley G. Mudd Library, and the Office of Instruction Technology, with the support of the Honor Council.

Proactive measures

• Honor Council and Honor Code
• Information for Faculty Teaching Undergraduates from the Dean of Students Office, Duke University
• Donald L. McCabe and Gary Pavela. "Ten [Updated] Principles of Academic Integrity." Change. May/June 2004, 10-15. Mentions research by McCabe discussed in this interview posted on the College Administration Publications website.
• Teaching about citation
• Academic Citation and Writing: a guide from the Lawrence librarians
• Citing Electronic Documents: also from the Lawrence librarians
• Plagiarism: a guide from the Lawrence Writing Lab and Center for Teaching and Learning
• Plagiarism: Its Nature and Consequences from the Duke University Libraries and the Duke University Writing Program
• Assignment design
• Assignment Design: Workshops and Resources
• Arthur Sterngold "Confronting Plagiarism." Change. May/June 2004, 16-21.
• Preventing Plagiarism: Manoa Writing Program, University of Hawaii at Manoa.
• "Preventing Plagiarism in Research Papers." Change. May/June 2004, 18-20.
• Designing Assignments that Foster Academic Integrity: part of York University's pages on Academic Integrity for Faculty.

Responding to plagiarism

• Identify web plagiarism using Google and Plagiarism Finder
• Identify plagiarism from subscription databases including these examples:
• EBSCOhost: contains broad and specialized coverage of academic and general periodicals. Includes full-text for over 2,000 titles. Most articles will date from the early 1990's to the very near present.
• InfoTrac OneFile: also has both academic and popular titles, and includes full text for over 5,500 titles. As with EBSCOhost, most articles date from the early 1990's to near present.
• Tips
• Remember, not all plagiarized material is taken from the web, even today.

Developing a culture of academic integrity

• Rebecca Moore Howard. "Forget About Policing Plagiarism. Just Teach." Chronicle of Higher Education. 16 November 2001, 24.
• Abigail Lipson and Sheila M. Reindl. "The Responsible Plagiarist: Understanding Students Who Misuse Sources." About Campus. July-August 2003, 7-14.
• "Ten Principles of Academic Integrity for Faculty." Change. May/June 2004, 12-15.

Additional resources

• Plagiarism and Academic Honesty: resources listed here are of special interest to faculty and students of Lawrence University.
• Center for Academic Integrity
• Millennials Rising
• References and Resources: an excellent bibliography by UW-Madison librarian Karen J. Dunn from her presentation "Cyber-Plagiarism: Detection & Prevention."

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