Re: Term Papers online

[Josephine Dervan <rderva@injersey.com>]

I just received my May issue of Yahoo Internet Life. The theme is
College Life Online and there is an interesting article on plagiarizing
term papers using the Internet. An interesting statistic listed comes
from U.C. Berkeley's Office of Student Conduct. It states in the school
newspaper, the Daily Californian, that " from 1993 to 1997 cheating ...
has increased 774%". The article explains how students may download term
papers or plagiarize other documents on the Internet. They also
investigate 3 services who provide software (for a fee) to detect
plagiarism. The results were mixed.

It is an interesting article for those of us who deal with students
doing research on a daily basis. There definately is a need for more
anti-plagiarism instruction when teaching research skills. I would post
the URL but a visit to the Yahoo Internet Life site (www.yil.com) listed
only the articles in the April issue. If you are interested you might
try again next month.

Jo

--
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Josephine Dervan
Library Media Specialist
Strathmore Elementary School
Aberdeen, New Jersey, USA 07747

Home-rderva@injersey.com
School-jdervan@marsd.k12.nj.us

PC/Windows95, Netscape Communicator 4.0/Netscape Mail

"Anyone who has a library and a garden wants for nothing"- CICERO

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=
    All postings to LM_NET are protected under copyright law.
To quit LM_NET (or set-reset NOMAIL or DIGEST), send email to:
 listserv@listserv.syr.edu         In the message write EITHER:
 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL or 3) SET LM_NET DIGEST
 3) SET LM_NET MAIL  * Please allow for confirmation from Listserv
 For LM_NET Help & Archives see:  http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=