VGCC Library Services: Plagiarism: Faculty Resources

Copyright, Fair Use, and the TEACH Act

Copyright: Distance Education and the TEACH Act
Information from the American Library Association about the TEACH Act and it's application for distance education.
More Information on Fair Use
From the U.S. Copyright Office, introduces and briefly explains the four factors to examine whether something qualifies as fair use. It also includes a link to individual cases where a determination was made on fair use.
Statement of Marybeth Peters The Register of Copyrights before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on March 13, 2001
Statement by the Register of Copyrights before a congressional committee that details the background and analysis of the TEACH Act.
The TEACH Act
A brief guide to the TEACH Act from the Copyright Clearance Center.
U.S. Copyright Office
U.S. Office of Copyright homepage.

Plagiarism Warning Signs

Know the warning signs of possible plagiarism.

Anti-Plagiarism Strategies for Research Papers
In addition to providing strategies for deterring student cheating, the article includes a section on "Strategies of Detection."
Detecting Cheating (Arizona State University)
Do you know common indicators of plagiarism and cheating? Arizona State University has compiled a list of signs which may help educators detect plagiarized papers and cheating on exams and problem sets.
How can I detect and address plagiarism?
From Carnegie Mellon University

Plagiarism Detectors

There are many options for scanning papers for plagiarism, though most are not free. The following are a few free or low-cost plagiarism checkers.

Citations Libguide

The VGCC Library has developed a Citations Libguide with more information for students on how to avoid plagiarism by citing their work properly.

Citations
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Deter Plagiarism: Strategies & Best Practices

Assignment Design Strategies for Deterring Plagiarism
A great list of clearly defined strategies for designing assignments that help deter plagiarism.
Avoiding Plagiarism, Self-plagiarism, and Other Questionable Writing Practices: A Guide to Ethical Writing
A succinct, comprehensive guide to plagiarism and other ethical issues in scientific writing. Written by Michael Roig, PhD for the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
The Citation Project
A multi-institution research project that responds to educators' concerns about plagiarism and the teaching of writing, with the goal of describing how student writers use their sources.
Deterring Plagiarism: Some Strategies
Practical ways to integrate assignments into plagiarism education, with tips on how to demonstrate expectations. By Margaret Procter, University of Toronto.

Videos

There are more anti-plagiarism videos out there than you can shake an MLA handbook at. But some are definitely more interesting than others. Here are some videos you might find helpful.

Plagiarism: Vance-Granville Community College
A short video starring the VGCC English Faculty talking about the perils of plagiarism.
A Quick Guide to Plagiarism
A longer, informative video on different kinds of plagiarism. Includes some entertaining bits. Produced by Cape Fear Community College.
The Punishable Perils of Plagiarism
From TED-Ed, a well-animated and -presented description of different kinds of plagiarism.
Plagiarism Rap (Cite Your Sources)
Short and sweet rap video from the University of Alberta.
The Dark Side of Plagiarism
Short and silly video about Darth Vader visiting the Texas A&M Writing Center.

Citation Builders

One way to encourage students to use and cite resources properly is to make building works cited pages easier by using citation managers. These are websites and/or apps that allow users to import or type in the relevant publication information and help put them in proper citation format. Some well-known citation managers, such as EndNote, charge a fee, but there are many free options. The following list offers just some of them.

Calvin College KnightCite
KnightCite is a citation builder provided by Calvin College. It has citation information for many different types of references, including print, online, multimedia, anthologies, etc.
Citation Machine
Click the citation format you need and then the type of resource you wish to cite. Supports APA, MLA, and Chicago/Turabian styles. Provides references and in-text citations.
Bibme
BibMe creates citations in MLA, APA, Chicago/Turabian formatting. It can find citation information with an ISBN or article title.
NC State Citation Builder
Citation Builder creates citations for you in APA and MLA styles, using web forms. The Citation Builder is maintained by NC State University.
UNC Citation Builder
The Citation Builder illustrates how to cite some common resources in the APA, MLA, CBE/CSE, and Chicago citation styles. The Citation Builder is provided by the University of North Carolina