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Plagiarism Information and Tutorials

	Open Directory – Plagiarism Web Sites This Open Directory site provides a broad list of web sites offering information about plagiarism and ways to avoid it. Included are educational, organizational, and personal web pages that all focus on plagiarism.
	Plagiarism: Resources for Students This web resource includes plagiarism information specifically geared toward students. Included are general plagiarism information, exercises and instructions about proper citations, and college writing advice in general. This page brings together resources from various academics and institutions across the country.
	Plagiarism Tutorial Although this site is intended for Austin Peay State University students and does include some information specific to APSU students, a “Guest” option is also available. The flash version of this tutorial defines and explains plagiarism through the use of brief descriptions accompanied by colorful graphics and animation. This site is useful for all users and provides a more attractive approach than a typical information site.
	How to Avoid Plagiarism Although this site is somewhat geared toward students of Austin Peay State University and does include specific information for the school, it also provides valid and useful information for all. The page is very brief, giving a few additional links to related information.
	Avoiding Plagiarism This is a brief instruction site illustrating plagiarism and giving strategies on how to avoid it. The site provides specific examples of plagiarism to actively portray the most common ways plagiarism is done, accidentally or on purpose. There are sample paragraphs for the user to rewrite without plagiarizing, but they do require an outside instructor or tutor to review for plagiarism.
	The Plagiarism Court: You Be the Judge Fairfield University provides an excellent plagiarism informational site, including its legal and ethical consequences, and methods of avoiding plagiarism. The page discusses plagiarism in multiple steps that utilize flash animation, audio, and voice-overs. The page is extremely easy to use and is easily understandable.
	Electronic Plagiarism Seminar The purpose of this web page is to bring together academic web sites with the purpose of providing “guidance for students to avoid plagiarizing when writing papers.” Included are sections on citing sources, writing skills, and avoiding plagiarism that provide links to other education sites. Some simple tips for avoiding plagiarism are also included.
	Plagiarism Guide for Students This guide conveys a light, slightly humorous tone in its discussion of plagiarism. After providing a few short pages of explanation, the page then provides videos including real life scenarios. There is also a video that prepares the users for a brief, humorous, yet helpful and informational quiz.
	Guide to Plagiarism and Cyber-Plagiarism This information site discusses plagiarism and cyber-plagiarism, including definitions and statistics. Of interest are the two groups of information links: one intended for faculty and one intended for students. Since faculty and students approach plagiarism from opposite ends, the distinct and focused links are especially useful.
	Plagiarism: What It is and How to Recognize and Avoid It In addition to providing basic plagiarism information, this site also provides specific examples to help in recognizing plagiarism in various forms. In addition, the page includes terminology, strategies for avoiding plagiarism, and a brief discussion about plagiarism and its relation to the World Wide Web,
	Plagiarism & Academic Integrity This is an interactive tutorial educating the user about plagiarism and academic integrity. The site walks the user through real-life scenarios, providing excellent practical information for avoiding plagiarism and at times requesting the user to choose “What Would You Do.” This provides a very good hands-on experience to learning about plagiarism that is easy to understand and follow.
	You Quote It, You Note It! In “You Quote It, You Note It!” the user chooses a character and proceeds through an interactive animated tutorial that explains plagiarism, it consequences, and methods of avoidance. The tutorial site takes a light-hearted approach to plagiarism, while maintaining its usefulness and credibility. Users will be able to easily follow the lesson, remain focused, and quickly learn about plagiarism due to the enjoyable nature of this ten minute tutorial.