Plagiarism

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Plagiarism Definition

Plagiarism is the act of taking credit for someone else's work such as piece of writing, photograph, image, graph or music and presenting the work as your own original work. Plagiarism is the unauthorized use or close imitation of that work. Plagiarism is lying about who the original author and attempting to deceive others about the source of the work.

• What is Plagiarism? from plagiarism.org
• Types of Plagiarism from writecheck.com
• Developing assessment strategies which encourage original student work: an online guide from plagiarismadvice.org

Resources to Help Students Avoid Plagiarism

• You Quote It! You Note It! Helping our students understand Plagiarism. An excellent online interactive lesson on Plagiarism from the Vaughan Memorial Library, Acadia University.
• How to Teachers Can Prevent Plagiarism from Suite101.com. Teachers can reduce problems with strategies to help maintain academic integrity in the classroom.
• Pat Elliott's Plagiarism Resources
  Plagiarism prevention resources.
• Catching Digital Cheaters
  A large collection of links to assist teachers with preventing academic dishonesty.
• The Ontario School Library Association
  Includes a set of MS PowerPoint presentations and worksheets to help students and teachers prevent plagiarism and develop academic honesty.
• What It is and How to Recognize and Avoid It
• writecheck.com
• duplichecker.com