Combating Plagiarism: A Hands-On Guide for Librarians, Teachers, and Students

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Offers an instructional plan for plagiarism education for middle school and high school students, allowing librarians to become a resource for students, teachers, and school administrators. The proliferation of resources now available through libraries and the internet requires a new set of information management skills in order for students to avoid plagiarism. While educators legitimately expect students to approach academic work with honesty and integrity, students need to be able to understand the context of their academic resourcesboth print and digitalwell enough to use them appropriately and ethically. Combating Plagiarism helps middle and high school teachers and librarians understand and teach the authorship and publication process so students learn to use relevant information in an ethically and academically sound fashion. Terry Darr's long-term collaboration with a high school history teacher taught her the challenges faced by students conducting researchand by librarians and teachers tasked with teaching plagiarism prevention. Her book is full of tested concepts for teaching these complex topics, emphasizing our modern reliance on digital sources. An extensive student reference section covers common knowledge, fact, and opinion. A wealth of practical resources includes real-life examples from research papers as well as plenty of instructional materials, exercises, and lesson plans.

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Recommended for high school librarians. * C&RL News *
Readable, informative, and filled with excellent examples to illustrate its points, Darr's book is an extremely valuable resource. Any librarian or educator of any other sort will benefit from studying this book. * The Library Quarterly *

Author Bio

Terry Darr is library director at Loyola Blakefield, an independent college preparatory school for boys in grades 612. She often presents on plagiarism education and micro-paraphrasing.