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Here are just a few sites on the Internet where students can obtain research papers and essays.  Let your students know that you know about these sites

Plagiarism Overview - good site for learning about plagiarism
http://www.2learn.ca/nkh/NKHPLoverview.html

Term Papers at a Click of the Mouse - an article about how easy it is to cheat with the help of the Internet
http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/1997/10/27/feat/learning.1.html

Cyberessays - - bills itself as one-stop shopping for free papers
http://www.cyberessays.com/

Big Nerds - offers thousands of term paper; students can buy a CD
http://www.bignerds.com/

School Sucks - this site brags "click here and your homework worries will disappear
http://www.schoolsucks.com/

Fast Papers - advertises over 20,000 paper and guarantees fast delivery
http://www.fastpapers.com/

Free Essay Network - this site links to free sites on the Internet
http://www.freeessay.com/

Custom Papers - this site provides original essays and term paper
http://www.papermasters.com

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Articles about Plagiarism

 http://bedfordstmartins.com/technotes/techtiparchive/ttip102401.htm   Center for Academic Integrity - from Duke University - read the article "New Data Reveals a Problem with Cheating in High School."  It will enlighten you

2008 Report Card on the Ethics of American Youth -  Josephus Institute - statistics

2008 Report Card on the Ethics of American Youth - the complete report

http://www.plagiarism.org/learning_center/did_you_know.html   Statistics About Plagiarism - from Plagiarism.org
 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A53402-2001Sep6&notFound=true   Schools Fight Back Against Internet Plagiarism - article from the Washington Post

Ways to Prevent Plagiarism

Academic Integrity Policies - having an academic integrity policy in place assures that students know the rules and administrators and school boards support the teachers.  This policy must be clear and unambiguous and include definitions of plagiarism, levels of plagiarism, consequences and procedures for plagiarism cases.

http://www.academicintegrity.org/educational_resources/ai_eduwebsites.php   Resources for Academic Integrity - a guide that could serve as a model for high schools

The School for Ethical Information - guidelines for writing academic integrity policies; includes examples, comparison charts
http://www.ethicsed.org/programs/integrity-works/policies.htm

http://www.howard.k12.md.us/ahs/AcadInt.pdf  Atholton High School  definition and  penalties

http://www.fcps.edu/FallsChurchHS/forms/pdf/plagarism.pdf  Falls Church High School - one page policy containing definitions and consequences

http://www.ouhsd.k12.ca.us/sites/ohs/depts/engl/plagiarism_policy.htm  Oxnard High School - violation, procedures and penalty

http://sduhsd.k12.ca.us/district/instructionalservices/academic_honesty/sduhsdacademic_honesty_policy.htm    San Dieguito Union School District Policy

http://www.chem.uky.edu/courses/common/plagiarism.html#Penalties   Plagiarism Policy - from the University of Kentucky

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_plagiar.html   Purdue University's Writing Lab provides helpful hints to prevent plagiarism; written as a guide for students

Ways to Prevent Plagiarism

Discuss plagiarism with your students
Make the topics specific - this will make it more difficult to get papers from a paper mills
Require that students follow the steps of the research process
Change topics from year to year
Interview students during the research process - have them discuss their topic
Take a writing sample at the beginning of the year
Vary the format of the assignment
Keep old papers

http://www.fno.org/may98/cov98may.html       The New Plagiarism - this article from James McKenzie of FNO discusses 7 ways to prevent highway robbery in the electronic age