Plagiarism education and prevention : a subject-driven case-based approach

Academic librarians and university instructors worldwide are grappling with an increasing incidence of student plagiarism. Recent publications urge educators to prevent plagiarism by teaching students about the issue, and some have advocated the value of a subject-specific approach to plagiarism prevention education. There is, however, a complete lack of resources and guidance for librarians and instructors who want to adopt this approach in their teaching. This book opens with a brief overview of plagiarism today, followed by arguments in favour of a subject-based approach. The rest of the book is divided into academic subject areas and features an overview of the major issues in that subject area, followed by a high profile and engaging case within the discipline.

• List of figures and table p. vii
• Preface p. ix
• Acknowledgements p. xi
• Note on style manuals p. xiii
• About the author p. xv
• 1 The need for a subject-specific case-driven approach to plagiarism education p. 1
• Plagiarism today p. 1
• The Academy's response p. 2
• The need for and obstacles to education p. 5
• Subject-based approach p. 8
• Case-based method p. 11
• References p. 12
• 2 Humanities and social sciences p. 15
• Political studies p. 15
• History p. 21
• Literature p. 28
• Law p. 35
• References p. 40
• 3 Science p. 47
• Biology p. 47
• Chemistry p. 53
• Computer science p. 61
• Mathematics p. 69
• References p. 75
• 4 Professional studies p. 81
• Medicine p. 81
• Engineering p. 89
• Business administration p. 95
• Journalism p. 101
• References p. 108
• 5 Fine arts p. 115
• Visual art p. 115
• Architecture and design p. 121
• Music p. 127
• Film p. 134
• References p. 141
• 6 General examples for first year writing classes p. 145
• Iraq war dossier p. 145
• Martin Luther King, Jr p. 150
• References p. 156
• Conclusion p. 159
• Index p. 161