Plagiarism Information for Students

Student Guides

ALL Learning Guide: Avoiding Plagiarism
http://www.adelaide.edu.au/clpd/all/learning_guides/learningGuide_avoidingPlagiarism.pdf

Avoiding Plagiarism: Achieving academic writing

http://www.adelaide.edu.au/clpd/online/learningmodules/avoidingPlagiarism/player.html
This learning module was prepared by Ursula McGowan and Kerry O'Regan, CLPD, University of Adelaide, 2008. It is an Articulate presentation and requires your browser to have a Flash Player plug-in installed.

Writing and Speaking at Uni - Online Course for Students
A MyUni course called 'Writing and Speaking at Uni' is available for all students. This course should be visible in your My Current Course window when you log into MyUni. It contains many useful sections on writing essays, grammar, developing your communication skills and tips to avoiding plagiarism.

Copyright Guide for Students
http://www.adelaide.edu.au/copyright/pdf/Student_brochure_2008_final.pdf
The Copyright Guide for Students provides a brief outline on what copyright is, your rights and obligations in the use of copyright materials and University facilities.
More detailed information can be found on the University of Adelaide's Copyright website.

Turnitin - Plagiarism Prevention

• Go to the Turnitin page for more information.

University Policy on Academic Integrity and Plagiarism

The University of Adelaide's Plagiarism Policy & Guidelines includes the issues associated with plagiarism, the responsibilities of the Faculty/School/Department, the responsibilities of staff and students, as well as the procedures and penalties for plagiarism.

• Plagiarism Policy & Guidelines

Resources for Students

Assessment cover sheets

Schools/Departments should provide an "Assessment Cover Sheet" that requires the signature of the student declaring that all cited works have been clearly identified and acknowledged. For students submitting work electronically, a suitable digital version of an "Assessment Cover Sheet" should be used.

• Example1 - Sample
• Example2 - Sample, including assessment criteria

University of Adelaide Library

Writing guides, style guides, University of Adelaide: Thesis specifications, Australian Digital Theses program, EndNote bibliographic software, Plagiarism

• http://www.adelaide.edu.au/library/guide/hum/english/E_style.html

Links to external resources on the web

• Plagiarism - A good practice guide
  by Jude Carroll and John Appleton. This is a JISC - Joint Information Systems Committee resource.
• Deterring plagiarism in Higher Education
  Oxford Centre for Language and Learning Development, Oxford Brooks University

2004 Student Survey

Thank you to all those students who responded to the survey conducted in 2004 on University Information, Policies and Procedures on Plagiarism. Your responses have been very helpful in reviewing University documentation relating to plagiarism and the provision of student resources related to academic writing and referencing guides. You can download the pdf file on the survey to view a summary of the results.

• Results from Student Survey on University Information, Policies and Procedures on Plagiarism 2004