Copyright and Fair Use Guidelines for Teachers - This chart by Hall Davidson was designed to inform teachers of what they may do under the law. Feel free to make copies for teachers in your school or district, or download a PDF version.

Plagiarism Q&A

Plagiarism: What is Plagiarism and How to Avoid it

Paraphrase: Write it in Your Own Words

Quoting. Paraphrasing, & Summarizing

Turnitin.com
Turnitin.com - A service to help teachers check on student plagiarism. You may download the manuals which will be necessary in the initial sign-up process and in learning how to use the site. After creating your own personal account, you will have to join the school's account. After setting up your own classes and your own desktop, you can have your students submit their papers with their own accounts. Students will then need to log in and create user accounts. For more information about student accounts see the "Student User Guide", attached. In doing this the students will know they have to be honest on the front end of things because all papers are being scanned. You will simply download the papers from the site.http://www.turnitin.com. Contact the Tech Department or Library for Cushing's Account ID# and password. Click on the manual to download the file needed.

Turnitin.com Manuals
Instructor User Manual
Student User Manual

Citing Your Sources

A Writer’s Reference - by Diana Hacker

Documenting Sources - A guide to preparing MLA works cited entries

Duke Library - Assembling a list of works cited in your paper

NoodleBib - bibliography composer Writer's Reference