Preventing Plagiarism, PCC Library

Preventing Plagiarism

Questioning author(ity): ESL/EFL, science, and teaching about plagiarism: An in-depth, academic discussion of plagiarism.

Comparison of Plagiarism Detection Services: Download your Workload to the Evil House of Cheat: Cybercheating, Plagiarism, and Intellectual Property Theft

Collins Library Cybercheating: List of Term Paper Mills, and other methods of cheating

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Bowers, Neal. A loss for words. American Scholar, Autumn 1994, Vol.63, Issue 4: Neal Bowers discusses the experience of being plagiarized
Duin, Steve. Ambrose to Local War Hero: 'Go to Hell'. Oregonian, Jan. 27 2002 p. E1: Search the Oregonian database with: Bob Weiss
Fialkoff, Francine. Rampant Plagiarism. Library Journal, Mar. 3 2002, Vol. 127, Issue 4: Mentions several cases, including Doris Kearns Goodwin, Stephen Ambrose, Michael Bellesiles, and the role that libraries could play in assisting authors in creating working bibliographies
Gates, David. No Ordinary Crime. Newsweek, Mar. 18 2002, Vol. 139,Issue 11: Includes comparative passages of Doris Kearns Goodwin and William L. Shirer
Gwynn, R.S. Taken for someone else. Sewanee Review, Summer 1998, Vol. 106, Issue 3: A review of Neal Bower's book, Words for the Taking: The Hunt for a Plagiarist
Perrin, Noel. How I became a plagiarist. , American Scholar, Spring 1992, Vol. 61, Issue 2: Noel reflects on his feelings about plagiarism when an editor inadvertently adds a quote to his work without attribution
Sokal, Alan. Social Text Affair
Will, George F.; Gunning for A Bad Book Newsweek, May 20 2002, Vol. 139, Issue 20: Discusses implications of the lack of corroborative sources for Michael Bellesiles' book Arming America: The Origins of a National Gun Culture