Web Directory

» A Real-Life Instance of Plagiarism Detection by SCAM
   An article about detecting plagiarism with detection software. Links to other stories.
   http://InfoLab.Stanford.EDU/~shiva/SCAM/plag.html

» Avoiding and Detecting Plagiarism
   Tips for teachers and students on how to avoid and detect plagiarism. Emphasis on cut and paste plagiarism from the Internet.
   http://lib.newpaltz.edu/assistance/plagiarism.html

» Copy Detection Mechanisms
   Article by 2 computer scientists, Narayanan Shivakumar and Hector Garcia-Molina,from Stanford University detailing how plagiarism databases work.
   http://www.dlib.org/dlib/november95/scam/11shivakumar.html

» Copyscape
   Finds copies of content on the web to help find plagiarism and copyright infringement.
   http://copyscape.com/

» Google Book Search is a plagiarist's nightmare - Slate Magazine
   "Will Google Book Search uncover long-buried literary crimes?" Suggests that text searches focusing on books will reveal plagiarism old and new in the literary world.
   http://www.slate.com/id/2153313/

» Hyperstamps
   Cyber copyright service.
   http://www.hyperstamps.com/

» Internet Plagiarism: Strategies to Deter Academic Misconduct
   Article about plagiarism. Some good links.
   http://www.mtsu.edu/~itconf/proceed98/mhricko.html

» MyDropBox.com
   Provides technology services to detect and prevent cases of Internet plagiarism.
   http://www.mydropbox.com/

» NPR : All Things Considered : Plagiarism
   Realaudio-format radio report. Robert Siegel speaks with Louis Bloomfield, a professor of physics at the University of Virginia. Suspicious about student cheating, the professor designed a computer program that would identify student plagarism. The progra
   http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1122695

» Plagiarism Checker
   Provides a free service to determine the originality of texts based on comparisons with Internet searches.
   http://www.plagiarismchecker.com/

» Plagiarism Detection
   Site to download YAP (Yet Another Plague), a plagiarism detection program. Can also download articles about YAP and plagiarism from ftp sites.
   http://luggage.bcs.uwa.edu.au/~michaelw//YAP.html

» Plagiarism.org.uk
   Business which investigates texts for plagiarism and copying by third parties. Studies academic, industrial and literary texts of all types.
   http://www.plagiarism.org.uk/

» Salon News Magazine
   An article about the problems that may occur with plagiarism detection software.
   http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/06/14/plagiarism/index.html

» South Shore Educational Collaborative: Plagiarism
   Information and links for teachers wanting to check for plagiarism. Note: links are to sites that offer papers for free or for sale.
   http://www.lesley.edu/faculty/kholmes/SSECplagiarism.html

» Student Plagiarism in an Online World
   Discusses tools for exposing cybercheating. Sponsored by the American Society for Engineering Education
   http://www.prism-magazine.org/december/html/student_plagiarism_in_an_onlin.htm

» Turn It In
   Provides a service to determine the originality of texts based on comparisons with their internal database and net-wide searches. Five free trials.
   http://www.Turnitin.com/

» Urkund.com
   A fully automated paid service designed to help a school deal with plagiarism. It requires no software installation; all that is needed is a web browser and an e-mail address.
   http://www.urkund.com/