Plagiarism Resources on the Web
JISC (Joint Information Systems
Committee)
JISC
completed a four-strand project on the electronic detection of plagiarism in
2001, details of which can be found at ... http://www.jiscpas.ac.uk
The
4 sections were:
A technical review of free-text plagiarism detection software
Discussing the effects of the internet on plagiarism
in free-text work, and comparing the use of different systems for dealing with
that plagiarism. This focuses
heavily on the user interface and way in which results are delivered, rather
than the validity of the results themselves. It also discusses value for money,
reliability, and turn around time for submitted documents.
A technical
review of source code plagiarism detection software
This
includes analysis of results from a questionnaire conducted on all UK
universities as a background to the degree to which plagiarism in source code
is considered a problem and where the main sources of the plagiarism are. It
also surveys two leading source code plagiarism detectors – MOSS and JPlag.
A pilot of
free-text detection software in five UK institutions
The
results of a 6 month pilot conducted at a range of
A good
practice guide to plagiarism prevention
This
document discusses not only the need for plagiarism detection, but also several
necessary steps such as ensuring student awareness and ensuring consistent
reactions to its detection.
Also,
"Issues For Institutions To Consider"
...
http://online.northumbria.ac.uk/faculties/art/information_studies/Imri/Jiscpas/site/res_legal.asp
This
includes a paragraph on legal issues, alongside the need for student and staff
training and the electronic submission of work.
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Sussex University Academic Office
Tracey Beck, Assistant Registrar, Academic Office, University of Sussex, September 2005.
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/academicoffice/1-4-1.html
Sussex University's new plagiarism site, including a list of upcoming events.
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Plagiarism in natural and programming languages: an
overview of current tools and technologies
Paul
Clough - July 2000, Department of Computer Science,
http://www.dcs.shef.ac.uk/~cloughie/plagiarism/HTML_Version/
This
discusses what plagiarism actually is in depth, and how it can occur.
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Plagiary and the Art of Skillful Citation (Lecture Notes)
John
Rodgers, 1996, Graduate Student Orientation,
http://www.bcm.edu/immuno/igr_homeric.html
These
lecture notes include some definitions of plagiarism and discuss how to learn
to avoid plagiarism in scientific writing.
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Psychology Learning and Teaching Conference
18th
- 20th March 2002 *
Plagiarism, can technology help?
Gill
ppt slides
... http://ctiwebct.york.ac.uk/LTSNPsych/PLAT2002/Programme/Full_Programme/full_programme.html#p18
Why
students plagiarise, what effect technology has on
both the plagiarism and the combat of plagiarism, and what measures are
currently planned.
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Turnitin web page (by iParadigms) ...
A free text plagiarism detector which will highlight
areas of text which it has matched with documents on the internet.
A free trial is available.
Also
http://www.plagiarism.org/ is now back
on-line but it just links to Turnitin pages.
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CopyCatch web page ...
CopyCatch
is a collusion detection program which will provide details of similarities
between batches of student reports.
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JPlag web page ...
A source code plagiarism detector. This is free on registration.
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MOSS web page ...
http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~aiken/moss.html
A
second source code detection engine, this is also free on registration, but targeted
primarily at unix users.
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Glatt Plagiarism
Services web page ...
Includes
Glatt Plagiarism Teaching Program (GPTeach), Glatt Plagiarism
Screening Program (GPSP) and Glatt Plagiarism
Self-Detection Program (GPSD).
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ILT public resource on ...
Plagiarism, Prevention, Deterrence & Detection
http://www.ilt.ac.uk/resources/Culwin-Lancaster.htm
(temporarily unavailable)
Other
papers by these authors ... http://cise.sbu.ac.uk/activities.html
This
discusses the four stages of plagiarism detection (collection, analysis,
confirmation, investigation) and the differences between collaboration,
collusion and copying - at what point work becomes unacceptable.
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Workshop on Dealing with Plagiarism in ICS Education
http://www.ics.ltsn.ac.uk/events/plagiarism/index.html
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LTSN ICS pages on plagiarism (under key research
skills)
http://www.ics.ltsn.ac.uk/keyskills/research/plagiarism.html
Contains
links to documents on ...
Culwin, F &
Lancaster, T: Plagiarism, Prevention, Deterrence & Detection
A second link to the differences between
collaboration, collusion and copying.
JISC: Electronic Plagiarism Detection
A
summary of the JISC plagiarism project (the four strands at the start of this
web page).
Also,
originally contained links too…
Carroll,
J: What kinds of solutions can we find for plagiarism
Avoiding
plagiarism by designing assessment to make it more difficult, and how to find,
define and deal with plagiarism – book review.
McKenzie,
Jamie: The New Plagiarism
Chatty
guide to how plagiarism has changed with technology and a series of suggested
antidotes.
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Study on the use of electronic submission in
For
JISC Anne Hilton, February 2002
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/uploaded_documents/esub_loughboro.pdf
This documents the results of a survey and mentions plagiarism but is largely focused on the electronic submission of work which is necessary for automated plagiarism detection.
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"Boss"
http://www.dcs.warwick.ac.uk/boss/
An electronic submission system.
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Work at Lancaster coming soon
http://domino.lancs.ac.uk/hedc/hedc.nsf/Home?OpenView
Plagiarism
and detection efficiency
http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/computing/users/angie/tqef.htm