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Chicago Manual of Style now available online

The Chicago Manual of Style has gone online. A free trial is available.

Resource for compiling works cited

Duke University libraries have prepared a guide for creating a works cited page. See also their guides for What to cite

WSU to monitor plagiarism offenders

Weber State University plans to monitor plagiarism cases to identify repeat offenders.

'Does plagiarism matter?'

Jonathan Wolff muses on plagiarism in The Guardian.

A short history of plagiarism

Stephen Moss provides a short and borrowed overview of plagiarism in The Guardian.

Kearns Goodwin redux

Doris Kearns Goodwin's forthcoming book provides an occasion for Boston Globe columnist to revisit her story.

Taking on plagiarism

In Slate an NYU journalism professor describes how he combats student plagiarism.

Academic dishonesty in Korea

"'The most serious problem in our society is a lack of awareness among school authorities of academic dishonesty,’' Oh Young-hee, a psychology professor at Duksung Women’s University in northern Seoul, said in an interview with The Korea Times."

Anti-plagiarism measures at Nebraska

University of Nebraska, Lincoln, has instituted several measures to counter plagiarism among students: including courses on library research and on accidental plagiarism. They will also soon pilot SafeAssignment, the plagiarism detection tool now available through BlackBoard.

Faculty plagiarism on the rise?

The CS Monitor considers the recent spat of high profile plagiarism cases among faculty: In recent years, students have been heavily prepped on the perils of plagiarism. But it turns out their teachers, in some cases, have been more lax.
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