Volume 11 Number 3
Webliography: Surfing for Scholarship
Includes links to sites on digital plagiarism, plagiarism detection, preventing plagiarism, faculty resources, student resources, evaluating web resources, cyber-research, and information literacy.
Defining Plagiarism (Earl Babbie, California State University, Bakersfield)
URL: http://www.csubak.edu/ssric/Modules/Other/plagiarism.htm
-A very straightforward essay with definitions, examples, and a clear,
visual description of the process of using outsides sources.
Student Plagiarism in an Online World (Julie J.C.H. Ryan, George Washington
University ,who is also an information security consultant)
URL: http://www.asee.org/prism/december/html/student_plagiarism_in_an_
onlin.htm
-Sophisticated presentation and content; includes examples of cybercheaters
and a section called Why Cheating Still Matters.
Overview: Plagiarism in Colleges in the US (Ronald B. Standler, Attorney)
URL: http://www.rbs2.com/plag.htm
-A comprehensive report that includes case law examples.
Resources for Teaching: Plagiarism (Center for Excellence in Teaching
and Learning, SUNY Albany)
URL: http://www.albany.edu/cetl/resources/pedagogy/plagiarism.html
-A rich faculty resource including dozens of helpful links.
Technology and Teaching: Thinking and Talking about Plagiarism (Nick
Carbone, Bedford-St. Martin's Technotes Newsletter)
URL: http://bedfordstmartins.com/technotes/techtiparchive/ttip102401.htm
- An overview and provocative discussion of the issues around digital
plagiarism and the impacts on teaching
Copyright and Fair Use (American Library Association)
URL: http://www.ala.org/alcts/organization/div/nrmc/copy.html
- Credible and very current information relating to public domain, copyright
and impact of electronic scholarly work.
Plagiarism: What It is and How to Recognize and Avoid It (Indiana University
Writing Tutorial Services)
URL: http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/wts/plagiarism.html
- Information directed to students; good examples of how to paraphrase;
includes a student code of rights and responsibilities
The Plagiarism Handbook: Strategies for Preventing, Detecting, and Dealing
with Plagiarism
(Robert A. Harris)
URL: http://www.antiplagiarism.com/
- A 2002 publication recognized as one of the best text resources for
instructors
The New Plagiarism: Seven Antidotes to Prevent Highway Robbery in an
Electronic Age (Jamie McKenzie, From Now On: The Educational Technology
Journal)
URL: http://www.fno.org/may98/cov98may.html
-A snappy, lively site with examples, provocative ideas and a straightforward
discussion of research methods
On professional writers as plagiarists:
URL: http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,197614,00.html
URL: http://slate.msn.com/?id=2060618
URL: http://www.salon.com/weekly/plagiarism960722.html
-Web sites devoted to discussion of contemporary professional writers
and the issue of plagiarism; includes an essay by Doris Kearns Goodwin,
a sharp critique of Stephen Ambrose, and a Salon essay on shifting conceptions
of stealing sources.
Evaluation of Web Sites (Ohio State University Libraries)
URL: http://gateway.lib.ohio-state.edu/tutor/les1/index.html
-Contains an interactive online tutorial that takes students through the
process of determining relevance, authority, content, etc. when evaluating
online information.
Thinking Critically about World Wide Web Resources (Esther Grassian,
UCLA College Library)
URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/help/critical/index.htm
-Offers a detailed checklist of evaluation criteria; also provides guidance
on evaluating sites within the context of a particular discipline.
Critically Analyzing Information Sources (Cornell University Library)
URL: http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/skill26.htm
-Provides useful outline for evaluating print resources. Includes links
to companion piece for evaluating online resources.
Evaluating Web Resources (Jan Alexander and Marsha Ann Tate, Widener
University Library)
URL: http://www2.widener.edu/Wolfgram-Memorial-Library/
webevaluation/webeval.htm
-Offers ideas and sample handouts for teaching web evaluation skills.
Includes PowerPoint slides and hands-on exercises.
Reinventing Undergraduate Education: A Blueprint for America's Research
Universities
URL: http://naples.cc.sunysb.edu/Pres/boyer.nsf
-The Boyer Commission's report advocates the incorporation of research
into undergraduate education and encourages research universities to "draw
upon their strength as research-based communities of learners." The
report includes brief case studies of institutions that have incorporated
research-based learning into their undergraduate programs.
Teaching Research: A Workshop for Teaching Faculty and Librarians (University
of Kansas Libraries)
URL: http://www2.lib.ukans.edu/~instruction/special_projects
-Shares projects and experiences from a 1997 workshop for librarians and
faculty members on the topic of teaching library and information research
skills.
Information Literacy as a Liberal Art
URL: http://www.educause.edu/pub/er/review/reviewarticles/31231.html
-An article from Educom Review by Jeremy Levine and Shelley K. Hughes,
which discusses the importance of becoming information literate, an pedagogical
approach that "equips people not only with a bunch of technical skills
but with a broad, integrated and critical perspective on the contemporary
world of knowledge and information."
Sample Research Assignments (University of Buffalo Libraries)
URL: http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/ugl/class/tips.html
-Provides a wide range of possible research assignments involving library
and information resources. Included links to similar sites created by
other libraries.
Compiled by Cindy Pierard & Michele Eodice, University of Kansas
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