Plagiarism (Literary)

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The Mahalo Top 7

1. Plagiarism.org: Plagiarism Learning Center  
2. Wikipedia: Plagiarism
3. CSMonitor.com: What is the price of plagiarism? (2006)
4. Turn It In: What Is Plagiarism?
5. Council of Writing Program Administrators: Defining and Avoiding Plagiarism
6. Harpers.org: The ecstasy of influence: A plagiarism (February 7, 2007)
7. Pearson Prentice Hall: Tutorial: Understanding Plagiarism

Avoiding Plagiarism

• Center for Academic Integrity
• Purdue University: Owl Materials: Avoiding Plagiarism
• Rutgers University: Provost Video Tutorial on Plagiarism
• Duke University: Assembling a List of Works Cited in Your Paper
• Indiana University: Plagiarism: What It is and How to Recognize and Avoid It

Literary Plagiarism Recent News

• Google News: Plagiarism
• Chicago Sun-Times: "Poshard to answer plagiarism claims" (August 31, 2007)
• icWales.com: Uni students in Facebook storm (August 5, 2007)
• CNET News: Please don't steal this Web content (August 2, 2007)
• Slate Magazine: The Return of Michael Finkel (July 27, 2007)  
• National Post: Controversial scholar Churchill accused of plagiarism (July 27, 2007)
• WashingtonPost.com: "McLean Students Sue Anti-Cheating Service" (March 29, 2007)

Literary Plagiarism Law and Regulations

• U.S. Copyright Office: Law and Policy
• University of Maryland University College: Introduction to Fair Use
• Turn It In: Plagiarism FAQ
• American Historical Association: Statement on Standards of Professional Conduct
• University of Virginia: The Plagiarism Resource Site

Literary Plagiarism Background and Allegations

• The Guardian: A history of plagiarism (not my own work) (2005)
• Columbia Journalism Review: Plagiarize, Plagiarize, Plagiarize... (1995)

Accusations Against Academics

• ColoradoDaily.com: Ward's research shoddy (2006)
• Wikipedia: Ward Churchill Misconduct Issues
• Slate Magazine: Why Steven Ambrose's Plagiarism Matters (2002)  
• Forbes.com: Doris Kearns Goodwin And The Credibility Gap (2002)

Accusations Against Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Wikipedia: Martin Luther King, Jr. authorship issues
• Stanford.edu: Editing Martin Luther King, Jr.: Political and Scholarly Issues

Accusations Against Novelists

• Telegraph.co.uk: "Da Vinci Code bestseller is plagiarism, authors claim" (2004)
• Wikipedia: Kaavya Viswanathan
• The New York Times: "A Second Ripple in Plagiarism Scandal" (2006)  

Accusations Against Bloggers and Pundits

• MSNBC.com: Syndicator to review Coulter plagiarism claims (2006)
• Wikipedia: Ben Domenech
• Michelle Malkin: The Domenech Debacle
• Wired: Noted War Blogger Cops to Copying (2003)

Literary Plagiarism Criticism and Commentary

• The New Yorker: Should a charge of plagiarism ruin your life? (2004)
• University of Pennsylvania: Language Log: Citation Plagiarism? (June 15, 2007)
• Townhall.com: In praise of plagiarism (February 20, 2007)
• FamousPlagiarist.com: History's Plagiarists
• Plagiary.org: Cross-Disciplinary Studies in Plagiarism

Literary Plagiarism Blogs

• PlagiarismToday
• Ars Technica: Plagiarism tags
• Thaumaturgical Compendium: How to Cheat Good (2006)
• Doug Johnson: Copy, Paste, Plagiarize (July 17, 2007)
• Savage Minds: Citation Plagiarism (June 15, 2007)
• Bruce Schneier: Academia and Plagiarism
• Google Blog Search: Plagiarism

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