Plagiarism Resources

What Is Plagiarism?

Exploring Plagiarism, Copyright, and Paraphrasing lesson from NCTE
How to Recognize Plagiarism A tutorial from Indiana University
Plagiarism Advice Tips on how to promote original work from students
Plagiarism: Don't Get Sucked Into the Black Hole
Plagiarism Overview
Plagiarism Terminology
Plagiarism: What It Is And How To Recognize

How to Avoid Plagiarism

Jason's Tips for Avoiding Plagiarism Transitioning to College, Kent State University
Avoiding Plagiarism from The OWL at Purdue
What Needs to Be Cited? Kentucky Virtual Library
Citing Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism Duke University

How to Paraphrase

Guide to Paraphrasing Gallaudet University
How to Paraphrase a Source Also take a look at "Should I Paraphrase or Quote?"
Overview of Paraphrasing, Summarizing and Quoting Bridgewater College Writing Center
Paraphrase and Summary from the University of Toronto
Paraphrase Craze An interactive way to practice paraphrasing , try it!
Paraphrase: Write It in Your Own Words from The OWL at Purdue (Includes paraphrasing exercise).
Papraphrasing Steps and Examples Oregaon State Unviersity, one page practice exercise.
Paraphrasing Tutorial This 5 minute tutorial will help you with paraphrasing (Dalhousie University).
Successful and Unsuccessful Paraphrases The University of Wisconsin

Student Activities

Creating an MLA Works Cited Page Use the six sources on this page to create a works cited page.
Matching In-Text Citations to Works Cited Try this activity to see if you can match the citation to the correct source in the works cited page.
Paraphrase Craze Get some practice on how to paraphrase!
Paraphrasing Tutorial From Dalhousie University, a five minute tutorial on paraphrasing.
Plagiarism Tutorial From the University of Maryland University College. includes types of plagiarism - unintentional and intentional
Plagiarism Tutorial This interactive tutorial (with quiz) from WVU will help you with how to cite and complete a bibliography.
What is Plagiarism? From the Rutgers University Library. Play "The Cite is Right"!
Works Cited Page Activity Start with the page about citing books (p.5) and continue to page 6&7.
You Quote It, You Note It A ten minute tutorial to help you avoid plagiarism.

Teachers, please note: The following DVD is available in the library: Avoiding Plagiarism #745. It includes the following chapters: Types of Plagiarism/Organization/Quoting, Paraphrasing, Summarizing/Documentation & Citation/Conclusion.