Plagiarism
Plagiarism at university is a serious issue. The University of South Australia has a number of resources for staff and students to assist in understanding what plagiarism is and how to develop ways of avoiding it.
University of South Australia resources
This section brings together all the resources provided by the University to assist academics and students to understand plagiarism and to develop the skills necessary to recognise and avoid it.
University of South Australia Assessment Policies and Procedures Manual
The University of South Australia has a comprehensive policy framework which guides academic assessment practices. These are gathered together in the Assessment Policy and Procedures Manual. Section 10, Academic Misconduct outlines the University definition of plagiarism and the procedures which must be followed when plagiarism by a student is suspected.
Plagiarism - teaching strategies
Covers the different forms of plagiarism, how the University of Australia deals with plagiarism and strategies that you can use to avoid it.
Learning Connection Powerpoint presentation
This Powerpoint presentation (PPT 66kb) can be used with students to explain what plagiarism is, why it is important to acknowledge other sources in assessment tasks, University policies and practices relating to plagiarism and useful resources.
Learning Connection Referencing resources
This Referencing resources website provides links to student resources on referencing and plagiarism. These include an Introduction to Referencing learning guide; guides to the different referencing styles, resources on avoiding plagiarism, electronic referencing and frequently asked questions.
Learning guide for students: Avoiding plagiarism
This Avoiding plagiarism web page for students defines plagiarism, discusses referencing, outlines the different forms of plagiarism and how to avoid it.
Online workshop for students
Avoiding plagiarism
In this online workshop for students plagiarism is defined and explained. Students can work through a series of strategies to avoid plagiarism with worked examples of how to correctly cite from other sources.
Additional resources
A large number of websites on plagiarism and anti-plagiarism can be found through search engines. Some of the sites are commercial in nature, others are educative or informative. Below are some links to educative materials on plagiarism.
Colby College, Bates College, Bowdoin College
Plagiarism Resource Site
Colby, Bates and Bowdoin Colleges (CBB) have jointly developed this site as part of an instruction program to discourage student plagiarism. The site contains two main sections: one dedicated to standalone resources and the other to news items.
Anti-plagiarism strategies for research papers by Robert Harris
The strategies discussed here can be used to combat what some believe is an increasing amount of plagiarism on research papers. By employing these strategies, you can help encourage students to value the assignment and to do their own work.
AUTC project
Assessing Learning in Australian Universities 2002, CSHE
The website provides advice, resources and strategies designed to assist the efforts of Australian universities to help minimise and respond appropriately to student plagiarism and other forms of cheating.
Indiana University Bloomington
The School of Education website is divided into two sections: understanding plagiarism and dealing with plagiarism. A short quiz provides feedback to test your understanding of plagiarism.
JISC - Joint Information Systems Committee
Links to ‘Plagiarism -A good practice guide’ (PDF 347kb - download Adobe Acrobat) by Jude Carroll and John Appleton. The guide offers teaching and learning-based suggestions, as well as policies and procedures for dealing with plagiarism.
Kimbel Library
Cheating 101: Paper Mills and You
This presentation is aimed at providing teaching staff with an overview of the current state of Internet Paper Mills, how to locate Paper Mills, how to detect plagiarised papers, how to track down suspicious papers and how to combat plagiarism.
Oxford Center for Language and Learning Development
Deterring plagiarism in Higher Education
This page supports Jude Carroll's Handbook for Deterring Plagiarism in Higher Education. Resources added since the book went to press are marked 'New!'
Plagiarism
An annotated list of articles and resources. This site is an adaptation of webpages created for the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
University of Alberta
A faculty guide to cyber-plagiarism
The purpose of this website is to examine the issues of plagiarism and cyber-plagiarism and what teaching staff can do to prevent and detect plagiarism.