Avoiding Plagiarism
A series of videos and reading materials related to plagiarism and ethical use of sources in research.
Handbook of Academic Integrity
- Handbook of Academic IntegrityOffers an international perspective on the issue of plagiarism and academic integrity.
Useful Readings on Plagiarism and Patchwriting
The following selected readings are referred to in my plagiarism videos. They will help you understand how complex the process of using sources (and citing them) in academic writing really is. Please note that some of these references are only available to WMU students. You can download the complete list of references mentioned here.
- Avoiding plagiarism... A guide to ethical writing by Miguel Roig, PhDThis document by plagiarism expert Dr. Miguel Roig presents 26 guidelines for using and citing sources appropriately in academic writing.
- Beyond Plagiarism: Transgressive and Nontransgressive Intertextuality. (2004)This paper by Chandrasoma, Thompson, and Pennycook argues that instances of plagiarism are contextual, and are better addressed at the individual level, between the student and the instructor/advisor/committee and within the conventions of the discipline itself, rather than at the institutional level.
- Crisis on Campus: Confronting Academic Misconduct (2002)Chapter 3 in this book by Wilfried Decoo covers a case of doctoral plagiarism at a European university, and how the plagiarizer got off scot-free. See the section linked to here entitled "3.3.1 A doctoral dissertation as case study."
- Literature Reviews in Student Project Reports (2002)This paper by Krishnan and Kathpalia discusses how non-native speaking students may hide behind the factual information they glean from their sources to disguise a lack of a critical stance to their work. This lack of a critical stance to one's sources can lead to plagiarism.
- Update on Plagiarism Scandal (2008)Mathematician Peter Woit's blog post about the Ihsan Yilmaz plagiarism scandal includes links to two marked-up physics papers by Yilmaz, clearly showing the extent of his plagiarism from other published papers. The extent of the plagiarism shows that Yilmaz went far beyond just "using beautiful sentences."
