Combating Student Plagiarism. An Academic Librarian's Guide

✍ Scribed by Lynn Lampert (Auth.)

• Publisher: Chandos Publishing
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 193
• Series: Chandos Information Professional Series
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This practical book introduces readers to the current issues facing todays academic reference and instruction librarians grappling with the growing problem of student plagiarism. The book provides up-to-date overviews of student plagiarism, examples of ways in which librarians can educate students through proven instructional techniques, collaboration approaches and outreach methods, and discusses common problems and questions librarians may encounter when incorporating current anti-plagiarism instruction into their instructional services. Topics include: role of the academic librarian in combating student plagiarism, discipline-based approaches to combating student plagiarism, information literacy techniques and faculty/librarian collaboration.

• Investigates the issues surrounding the growth of instances of student plagiarism
• Discusses the academic librarian's role in combating student plagiarism
• Recommends effective outreach techniques and instructional methods for preventing plagiarism

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front matter, Pages i-iii
Copyright, Page iv
Dedication, Page v
List of figures and tables, Page ix
About the author, Page xi
Acknowledgements, Pages xiii-xvi
List of acronyms, Page xvii
Preface, Pages xix-xxii
Introduction: technology seems to be changing everything, Pages 1-16
1 - Society’s pervasive culture of copying, Pages 17-34
2 - The role of the academic librarian in combating student plagiarism, Pages 35-61
3 - How do students and universities view plagiarism?, Pages 63-74
4 - Information literacy frameworks: working towards the ethical use of information by students, Pages 75-87
5 - Discipline-based approaches to combating student plagiarism, Pages 89-101
6 - Thwarting student plagiarism through collaborations: faculty-librarian partnerships and beyond, Pages 103-118
7 - Practical approaches to promoting citation methods and the ethical usage of information, Pages 119-129
8 - Plagiarism-detection software services and other uses of technology to combat student plagiarism, Pages 131-144
Conclusion, Pages 145-146
Appendix I - Discipline-specific examples of anti-plagiarism programming/pedagogy publications, Pages 147-152
References, Pages 153-171
Further reading, Pages 173-175
Index, Pages 177-183