Education against Plagiarism
- Be specific about citation expectations and refer students to related library resources. For instance, the McMaster University Library has created electronic guides pertaining to some of the more common citation standards. See http://library.mcmaster.ca/guides/#citation-and-style-guides
http://library.mcmaster.ca/guides/apa-style-guide
http://library.mcmaster.ca/guides/mla-style-guide and http://library.mcmaster.ca/guides/turabian-chicago-style-guide- Provide guidelines as to the types of electronic resources that are acceptable for use in course work (i.e. no Wikipedia, only specified databases or scholarly journals, etc.)
- Guide a class discussion on how to evaluate internet sources for research purposes. Contact your liaison librarian for ideas and in-house expertise, or consult external resources such as the University of Guelph Library’s Evaluating Web Sites online tutorial at http://www.lib.uoguelph.ca/assistance/tutorials/evaluating_web_sites/ or the University of Alberta Library’s publication on Evaluating Internet Sources posted at www.library.ualberta.ca/guides/plagiarism/handouts/index.cfm
- Refer the class to the Academic Integrity Office’s student portal for information about what constitutes academic dishonesty and tools to test one’s Academic Integrity IQ: http://www.mcmaster.ca/academicintegrity/students/index.html
- A number of universities have developed web-based academic integrity tutorials and/or student guides which you may find helpful to review. See for instance: http://www.library.dal.ca/How/LibCasts/
http://www.yorku.ca/tutorial/academic_integrity/index.html
http://www.ryerson.ca/academicintegrity/episodes/ , http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/gradait/ and www.library.ualberta.ca/guides/plagiarism/handouts/index.cfmml