"Plagiarism occurs when a student, with intent to deceive or with reckless disregard for proper scholarly procedures, presents any information, ideas or phrasing of another as if they were his or her own and does not give appropriate credit to the original source. Proper scholarly procedures require that all quoted material be identified by quotation marks or indentation on the page, and the source of information and ideas, if from another, must be identified and be attributed to that source. Students are responsible for learning proper scholarly procedure. While any amount of improperly unattributed material may be sufficient to find plagiarism, a student may be presumed to have acted with intent to deceive or with reckless disregard for proper scholarly procedures when a significant amount of improperly unattributed material is presented as if it were the student's own work."
This is a fun, interactive online tutorial developed by the librarians at the Vaughan Memorial Library at Acadia University in Nova Scotia, Canada. To move through the program, click on the "Next" button near the top of the page. (Note: The contacts at the end of the tutorial are for Acadia U. students. Subsitute Swem contact addresses for those mentioned.)
If you have additional quesitons about plagiarism, ask one of the peer consultants at the Writing Center or one of the Swem reference librarians.
This is a one-page handout developed by the Writing Resources Center in Tucker Hall that summarizes the basic rules for avoiding plagiarism. Make a copy and use it as a quick refrerence.
Turnitin Research Resources - Avoiding Plagairism
This site is managed by Turnitin, a commerical anti-plagiarism service, which provides software used by many W & M faculty members to detect plagiarism in student papers.
An Introduction to the Ethics of Information Use
This is the fourth module from the Digital Information Literacy (DIL) program developed by the W & M faculty. Its purpose is "to help ensure that you understand some of the ethical issues that arise as you use technology and digital information in your academic work."
Many students lack a clear concept of what plagiarism is, and why it matters, so this site will be useful for both teachers and librarians trying to train them in academic honesty. It not only illustrates various forms of plagiarism, but in each instance shows how to use the misappropriated material responsibly.
