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John T. Harwood Information Technology Services August 19, 2009 http://www.personal.psu.edu/jth j h@ d jth@psu.edu WHAT EVERY GRADUATE STUDENT SHOULD KNOW ABOUT PLAGIARISM PLAGIARISM

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John T. HarwoodInformation Technology ServicesgyAugust 19, 2009http://www.personal.psu.edu/jthj h@ [email protected]

WHAT EVERY GRADUATE STUDENT SHOULD KNOW ABOUT PLAGIARISMPLAGIARISM

Overview of IT @ PSUOverview of IT @ PSU

Th   i h   f IT     P  S The richness of IT resources at Penn State http://its.psu.edu/students/h // l i d / http://tlt.its.psu.edu/

http://www.etd.psu.edu/htt // lib i d / l ht l http://www.libraries.psu.edu/psul.html

Plagiarism MattersPlagiarism Matters

O   i i   l i i d  h   One university plagiarized another university’s plagiarism policy – bad news.

l f d f l C l b Faculty fired for plagiarism at Columbia (2008), Missouri (2007), Colorado (2008), etc.

Administrators fired for plagiarism at many institutions

There is even a journal that chronicles this sad phenomenon: plagiary.org

What a sad way to end a career

Cheating Scandals in Grad gSchools

Ohi  U i it  ( i i   ) Ohio University (engineering, 2007) Duke University (MBA, 2007)I di  U i it  (d t l  h l   ) Indiana University (dental school, 2007)

Journalism (Columbia, 2009)

Penn StateI   6 J di i l Aff i  d l   i h    In 2005‐2006 Judicial Affairs dealt with ~400 cases 320 were plagiarism and copying infractions 31 were from the graduate school31 were from the graduate school

PSU Faculty Perceptions of Ch ti  (M h 2007)Cheating (March 2007)

4550

Percent  

30354045

10152025

0510

No problem Mild Problem Moderate problem Major problemNo problem Mild Problem Moderate problem Major problem

The Lure of Cyber‐PlagiarismThe Lure of Cyber Plagiarism

L ’   i i    f   i  lik  S h l k   Let’s visit a few sites like Schoolsucks.com or Big Nerds.

d d h l For graduate students, there are several sites:  http://www.essaytown.com/dissertation_help

di i h l_dissertations.html

Even eBay and Craigslist are a possible !source!

PSU and Academic HonestyPSU and Academic Honesty

Th  i   f  d i  i i   d  The importance of academic integrity and citing your sources

h // l i d / i / b l / http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/cyberplag/

The role of Turnitin in providing a level l i  fi ldplaying field http://turnitin.com/static/index.htmlhtt //t iti d http://turnitin.psu.edu

Our Cyber‐Plagiarism Website http://tlt.its.psu.edu/plagiarismhttp://tlt.its.psu.edu/plagiarism

What Turnitin SearchesWhat Turnitin Searches

A    d  hi d    f  h   bli   A current and archived copy of the public “Web” (more than 11 billion pages), including WikipediaWikipedia

Millions of published articles from ProQuest (   illi   ti l )  Fi dA ti l ’    illi  (2.7 million articles), FindArticles’ 5.5 million articles; 12,000 newspapers and journals

  t d t    b itt d t   ~90,000,000 student papers submitted to Turnitin since 1996 + Paper Mills

 PSU  140,000 PSU papers

Penn State’s Experience with Penn State s Experience with Turnitin (2005‐2009)

# of Faculty

# of Ss # of Papers

75‐100%

50‐74%

25‐49% 0‐24% Negligible

1,585 29,000 136,048 4,133 2,799 15,080 80,977 33,0593.04% 2.06% 11.08% 59.52% 24.30%

Originality ReportNew Features for 2009

Originality ReportViewing an Originality Report

NEW SCREEN CAPTURE!

Penn State & Academic IntegrityPenn State & Academic Integrity

W   t   d i  i t it  i     ll b We stress academic integrity in every syllabus We provide resources for faculty and studentsM   d t     b it th   d  Many graduate programs submit theses and candidacy exams to Turnitin

We have resources for faculty (prevention and  We have resources for faculty (prevention and detection) http://tlt.its.psu.edu/turnitin/Faculty.htmlhttp://tlt.its.psu.edu/turnitin/Faculty.html

We have resources for students (avoidance) http://tlt.its.psu.edu/turnitin/Students.htmlp // p / /

SummarySummary

A d i  i t it  i ’t   t h l  i Academic integrity isn’t a technology issue Research integrity is critical to your career and to the reputation of Penn Stateand to the reputation of Penn State

If you need help in citing sources, we have many resources to help you  including many resources to help you, including Refworks http://libraries.psu.edu/psul/researchguides/matbp p p gytype/refworks.html

http://istudy.psu.edu/modules.htmlG d l k! Good luck!