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May 14, 2007

Funny Thing About Plagiarism

Who would have thought educating students about plagiarism could be this entertaining? Rutgers University's Paul Robeson Library has produced a four-part video that tells students not to steal one another's work and warns them that they could receive a failing grade from a course or be expelled from the university if they are caught. It's a serious message but an amusing video, with a photograph of a bobblehead professor speaking in an exaggeratedly schoolmarmish tone to students, represented by 1950s-style headshots, who respond with gasps and bulging eyeballs. --Andrea L. Foster

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1. Central Piedmont Community College Library created a plagiarism tutorial called Dr. Cite Right. It also incorporates bobblehead characters and is a hoot. Check it out at http://www1.cpcc.edu/library/research-tools/DrCiteRight.

   — Denise    May 15, 06:45 AM    #

2. Want to see a really amazing plagiarism film? Check out this website: http://books.valdosta.edu/media/library_films.htm from Valdosta State University’s Odum Library. It will premiere before thousands in June at ALA.

   — Andrea    May 15, 10:55 AM    #

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