Presented by: Kathryn Millis, Tiffany Anderson Hebb, and Jo MacPhail
Most teachers & faculty members need a librarian’s help when
they suspect plagiarism.
Numerous library web sites offer help that
faculty don’t need: advice on how to recognize that a paper is suspicious.
They don’t need us to tell them what to watch for. They quickly recognize
writing they suspect is plagiarized.
What most teachers & faculty members need from
us is help finding those plagiarized sources. They need assistance in
deciding which of dozens of search engines & databases is likely to find the
original source, and they need help searching those engines & databases
effectively.
This poster shows how DePauw University’s
librarians give workshops and work one-on-one to teach our faculty members
how to select the most appropriate places to look, and how to find
suspicious phrases.
In providing this service, we help faculty with
a pressing information need, show off our expertise in searching, and build
stronger relationships with our colleagues.
The information (including content and links) in this guide will not likely be updated after the time of the presentation. Please contact the presenter(s) with any questions.
Minkel, Walter. “Web of Deceit.” School Library Journal 48.4 (Apr. 2002): 4. 17 May 2004 http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=6449599&db=aph. (Ebsco's Academic Search Premier subscribers only)
“Increase student awareness of cheating and plagiarism.”
“Define and determine the threshold of cheating plagiarism, and academic integrity.”
“Train faculty on how to recognize cheating, how to document suspicions, and how to create assignments that don’t lend themselves to cheating.”
“Disseminate information on cheating and plagiarism to parents and the community.”
“Support the idea of swift and sure consequences.”
“Recommend that the school board address academic integrity in its district’s policy.”
Burke, Margaret. “Deterring Plagiarism: A New Role for
Librarians.” Library Philosophy and Practice 6.2 (Spring 2004):10. http://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/~mbolin/burke.htm.
“Librarians now have the chance to become trailblazers in educating students on the proper methods for conducting research in the current electronic environment.”
“Students do not understand the difference between these propriety, authoritative research databases and the free-wheeling information found on the Internet.”
“In an effort to keep faculty up-to-date on all of our electronic databases and services, library liaisons have offered ‘brown bag sessions.”
See some interesting stats on Hofstra University’s BI program since the implementation of these “brown bag sessions.”
Auer, Nicole J. and Ellen M. Krupar. “Mouse Click
Plagiarism: The Role of Technology in Plagiarism and the Librarian’s Role in
Combating It.” Library Trends 49.3 (Winter 2001).
“Librarians must now actively seek out new roles on campus that will create open and regular dialogues with students about information and its ethical use.”
“Once plagiarism is suspected, the librarian can help the professor through both traditional and technology-oriented methods.”“Librarians, as research and information literacy experts should help faculty examine their existing or future assignments to determine the ease with which students could plagiarize.”
Auer & Krupar make various suggestions for ways librarians can be engaged under the main headings of:
“Informing Faculty – Paper Mills, Software, and the Internet”
“Instruction”
“Handouts”
