Plagiarism Resources for Students

The web sites listed here include a variety of helpful writing resources. You will find everything you need to know about plagiarism, and a lot of other useful information, so that you can successfully avoid it in your own writing.

KCTCS Policy on Plagiarism
(A summary of the KCTCS regulations pertaining to plagiarism and cheating. Extracted from the KCTCS Code of Student Conduct, Sections 2.3.11 and 2.3.12)
http://www.bluegrass.kctcs.edu/LCC/LIB/KCTCS_Policy_on_Plagiarism.html

KCTCS Code of Student Conduct
 http://www.kctcs.edu/student/code.htm

DePauw University: Writing Center: Avoiding Plagiarism
(Topics include: definitions, example of plagiarized passage, types of plagiarism explained, ways to avoid plagiarism, and plagiarism and the web.)
http://www.depauw.edu/admin/arc/writing_center/plag.asp
See this site also: (Topics include: Three examples of plagiarism.)
http://www.depauw.edu/admin/arc/writing_center/plagiarism.htm

Hamilton College: Writing Center: Avoiding Plagiarism
(Topics include: Advice for using sources, common pitfalls: notetaking, and examples of plagiarized passages.)
http://www.hamilton.edu/academic/Resource/WC/AvoidingPlagiarism.html

Indiana University - Bloomington: Professor Ted Frick: What is Plagiarism?
(Topics include: Definition of plagiarism and 10 practice items or concept lessons.)
http://education.indiana.edu/~frick/plagiarism/

Indiana University - Bloomington: Writing Tutorial Services: Plagiarism: What it is and how to recognize and avoid it
(Topics include: What is plagiarism, how can students avoid plagiarism, how to recognize acceptable and unnacceptable paraphrases, strategies for avoiding plagiarism, and terms you need to know.)
http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/wts/plagiarism.html

Michael Harvey's The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing: Plagiarism
(Topics include: What is plagiarism, citation, plagiarism and the web, and teacher tips.)
http://www.nutsandboltsguide.com/plagiarism.html

NorthWestern University: The Writing Place: Avoiding Plagiarism
(Topics include: What is plagiarism, and why should writers worry about it?, some tips for avoiding accidental plagiarism when you use sources, avoiding two common forms of accidental plagiarism and example of acceptable paraprase.)
http://www.writing.nwu.edu/avoiding_plagiarism.html

Purdue University: Online Writing Lab: Avoiding Plagiarism
(Topics include: Contradictions of academic writing, actions that might be seen as plagiarism, choosing when to give credit, making sure you are safe, deciding what is "common knowledge", and exercises for practice.)
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_plagiar.html

Purdue University: Online Writing Lab: Paraphrase: Write It In Your Own Words
(Topics include: A Definition of paraphrasing, 6 steps to effective paraphrasing, examples of acceptable paraphrasing and plagiarism, practice exercises in paraphrasing, and links to resources for quoting, paraphrasing and summarizing.)
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_paraphr.html

University of California - Davis: Student Judicial Affairs: Avoiding Plagiarism
(Topics include: What is plagiarism, how to cite sources, guidelines for avoiding plagiarism with examples, and how you can avoid plagiarism.)
http://sja.ucdavis.edu/avoid.htm