Plagiarism
NRCC's Academic Honesty Policy may be found in the Student Handbook.
Defining & Describing Plagiarism
- Plagiarism and Honor
This is an excellent website developed by Cheryl Ruggiero of Virginia Tech for use in her writing classes. This site has been developed for students and includes a self-test. - Avoiding plagiarism (Ohio University) At this site, you'll find tutorials designed to help students determine examples and cases of plagiarism as well as links to sites for instructor on strategies to prevent plagiarism by students.
- Plagiarism: What It Is and How to Recognize and Avoid It Designed particularly for students, this site provides acceptable and unacceptable examples of paraphrasing.
Preventing & Detecting Plagiarism
- Avoiding plagiarism (Ohio University) At this site, you'll find tutorials designed to help students determine examples and cases of plagiarism as well as links to sites for instructor on strategies to prevent plagiarism by students.
- Plagiarized.com- The Definitive Guide to Internet Plagiarism Provides information for instructors and parents on preventing and detecting plagiarism. “Dead Giveaways” and “Catching a Cheater” are just a couple of things that you'll find here. This site also posts sample essays designed to provide instructors an opportunity to practice detecting plagiarism. *(see Articles)
- Paper Mills and You, Internet Plagiarism This site presents practical tips for instructors on preventing plagiarism, detecting and tracking down plagiarized papers. A listing of over 250 general and 71 subject specific “paper mills” where students can download term papers is also provided.
- Plagiarism and the Web Contains several suggestions for teachers in preventing plagiarism, and links to other helpful sites.
