Plagiarism
Here are some useful sites and tutorials to help you learn more about plagiarism and how to avoid it by citing sources properly.
Ferris Writing Center - Plagiarism
- Offers Writing Center help to avoid plagiarism
- Links to online guides for preventing plagiarism
- Provides Ferris Student Handbook information about plagiarism
Dr Cite Right
- A light-hearted inter-active tutorial about plagiarism developed by Central Piedmont Community College
- Allow about ten minutes for the tutorial and quiz
Plagiarism, Eh? How to Recognize It and Get It Out of Your Life
- A short narrated slideshow about plagiarism from Trinity Western University (Canada)
- Invest about 8 minutes and update your skills to detect and eliminate plagiarism in your writing
FLITE PILOT Information Literacy Tutorial
- A 5-module interactive learning tool designed to supplement instruction about using information well, including ways to avoid plagiarism
- Each module provides a short quiz that can be emailed to your instructor
Citations - a FLITE guide
- Review citations and their components
- Find links to helpful guides about citation styles such as APA and MLA
- Learn about citation management tools - Son of Citation Machine, Easy Bib and Refbase
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Last update: November 1, 2011