Plagiarism Resource Center

Hagerstown Community College Honor Code Policy and Procedures, II. Cause for Honor Code Violations, Section A: Plagiarism - Plagiarism is the use of ideas, language, or work of another without sufficient acknowledgment that the material is not one's own. Examples of plagiarism include but are not limited to:

1. Submitting another's paper as one's own work or by including in one's work passages of another author without giving due credit, i.e., quoting or paraphrasing without proper citation of source.
2. Submitting another's project, written or otherwise, as one's own work.

Student Resources

How to Recognize Plagiarism [1]
Discusses ways to recognize plagiarism and provides examples of
acceptable and unacceptable paraphrasing. (Indiana University)

Resources on Plagiarism and Cheating [2]
A list of websites containing information on plagiarism.
(Towson University)

Plagiarism.org [3]
Defines plagiarism and provides tips, guidelines, and suggestions on how to
avoid it and develop good research and writing skills.

Avoiding Plagiarism [4]
Discusses plagiarism and gives helpful hints on how to
cite correctly. (University of California, Davis)

Plagiarism Avoided: Taking Responsibility for Your Work [5]
"A booklet for students on plagiarism, including techniques
for avoiding it." (University of British Columbia)

Citing Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism: Documentation Guidelines [6]
Contains detailed information on citing in multiple formats including
MLA, APA, and Turabian, as well as definitions of types of plagiarism
and strategies for avoiding it. (Duke University Libraries)

Research and Documentation Online [7]
by Diana Hacker. Finding and documenting (citing) sources in
Humanities, Social Sciences, History, and Sciences.
(MLA, APA, Chicago, and CBE styles)

Aids for Citing References

EasyBib Citation Tool [8]
Use this tool to generate citations for any type of resource

MLA 2009 Formatting and Style Guide [9]
from The Owl at Purdue University

APA Formatting and Style Guide [10]
from The Owl at Purdue University

Documentation Guidelines: Citing Sources Within Your Paper [11]
from Duke University Library (MLA, APA, Turabian, Chicago Manual of Style)

Documentation Guidelines: Assembling a List of Works Cited in Your Paper [12]
from Duke University Library (MLA, APA, Turabian, Chicago Manual of Style)

HCC's Guide to MLA Documentation of Sources [13]
by Joan Johnson, Assistant Professor of English. PDF format.

MLA Citation Guide [14]
a Brish Library Resource Guide in PDF format

APA Citation Guide [15]
a Brish Library Resource Guide in PDF format

Electronic Reference Formats, APA Style [16]
from APAStyle.org (American Psychological Association)

Faculty Resources

Preventing and Detecting Plagiarism [17]
Discusses plagiarism and how to detect it by searching the internet
and proprietary or library databases. (University of Texas, Austin)

Student Plagiarism in an Online World [18]
Discusses use of internet sources in plagiarism and provides
suggestions and internet links to help instructors detect it.

Internet Plagiarism: Strategies to Deter Academic Misconduct [19]
A discussion of internet plagiarism.

Plagiarism Detection Sites

TurnItIn.com [20]
MyDropBox.com [21]
EVE2: The Essay Verification Engine [22]
Urkund [23]
CopyCatchGold [24]
WCopyfind [25]
Glatt [26]
Moss: A System for Detecting Software Plagiarism [27]
JPlag [28]
Google [29]
AltaVista [30]
HCC Library Informational and Full-text Article Databases [31]