The Plagiarism Resources Page From the Chico High School Library


Selected Resources About Plagiarism
Plagiarism Overview
Defining Plagiarism
Avoiding Plagiarism: 
For Students
Avoiding Plagiarism: 
For Teachers
The resources on this page have been gathered and selected by the CHS Librarian from respected sources on the Web to assist students and staff identify and avoid plagiarism.

Overview Articles About The Issue of Plagiarism

Schools Fight Back Against Internet Plagiarism
Newspaper article focuses on the use of plagiarism checking and reporting services.
Plagiarizers Beware / Turnitin.com is here to stop your cheating ways
Another newspaper article focuses on the use of plagiarism checking and reporting services.
Salon | The Web's plagiarism police
Discusses problems with the use of plagiarism checking and reporting services.
Writing-Plagiarism Advice for Lessons
Eighteen suggestions for detecting plagiarism and devising strategies to deal with it in a positive manner.
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Defining Plagiarism

What Is "Plagiarism" and Why Do People Do It?
A university professor explains how to identify plagiarism and how it can hurt students who do it.
What is Plagiarism?
A very detailed article about plagiarism, with plenty of examples of what not to do when writing a paper.
Plagiarism: What It is and How to Recognize and Avoid It
A university writing center offers these tips and examples for their students who want to avoid getting into trouble via plagiarism.
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Avoiding Plagiarism: For Students
Several articles and handouts to help students avoid plagiarism in their reports and papers.
Purdue :Avoiding Plagiarism: Printable Handouts
Purdue : Avoiding Plagiarism: Adobe
Writing Place Tips for Writers: Avoiding Plagiarism
Avoiding Plagiarism
How Not to Plagiarize

Citation Builders: These will help you create citations from your research:

OSLIS Secondary Citation Maker (MLA STyle)
Just check the boxes and enter the requested information, and your citation will be created.

Ottobib
To get the book's citation, simply Enter ISBN of book(s) - separate with commas (,). (CHS students please remember to choose the MLA style. MLA is the citation style used at CHS.)

Citation Machine
This is an interactive Web tool designed to assist in modeling the proper use of information property.
 1. Click the type of resource you wish to cite,
 2. Fill out Web form with information from your resource,

 3. Click Make Citations and use the MLA citation style.
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Avoiding Plagiarism: For Teachers

Here are several articles and handouts to help teachers avoid plagiarism in their assigned reports and papers.
Anti-Plagiarism Strategies
Plagiarism and Anti-Plagiarism
Cheating 101: Detecting Plagiarized Papers
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Created by the C.H.S. Librarian: 10-14-2006.