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Plagiarism; Cheating; Internet; Web Sites; Prevention; Evaluation Methods; Research Papers (Students)

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This paper is an updated presentation on the subject of cheating and plagiarism via the World Wide Web. In a few hours searching the Internet, the author found even more "cheat" sites than in 1998 that offered not only all types of term and research papers, but college admission letters, reviews, case studies, even dissertations as well. Most now offer papers that are fully documented and cited, at no extra charge. Many more sites offer free papers than ever before and list the "Top 100" sites as links. CheatHouse has more than 66,000 papers available in 130 categories for only $9.95 per year. The site eCheat lists their services as "collaboration" not cheating. Many still pretend to be "reference" or "research" sites, but others have given up that facade. Though it is difficult, if not impossible, to stop cheating and plagiarism completely, several successful strategies have been developed and tried over the years. Some are updates of older methods and others are as new as using the Internet. One is to avoid giving open-ended or generic topic assignments. Plagiarism detection programs, like Turnitin.com are also making it more difficult for students to cheat. In addition, setting specific criteria and standards for the materials that must be in the paper might make plagiarism impractical if not nearly impossible. (Contains 14 endnotes.) Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Cheating; Community Colleges; Educational Strategies; Internet; Plagiarism; Student Behavior; Two Year College Students; Two Year Colleges; World Wide Web

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This paper addresses the subject of cheating and plagiarism via the World Wide Web. After spending just a few hours browsing on the Internet, the author found dozens of "cheat" sites that offered term papers of all kinds. Some sites charge a fee for papers, some sites only request that students join by sending in one of their papers to add to the list, and some sites offer what they have for free to anyone, including professors. Most offered papers with in-text citations or footnotes and bibliographies, at no extra charge. The Evil House of Cheat, for example, offers access to 9,500 essays covering over 40 categories for $9.95 a year. Some of the more disingenuous sites pretend to be research companies that send papers to students to use only as "reference" or as a "resource." Though it is difficult, if not impossible, to stop cheating and plagiarism completely, several successful strategies have been developed and tried over the years. A number of them are presented. One is to avoid giving open-ended or generic topic assignments. In addition, setting specific criteria and standards for the materials that must be in the paper might make plagiarism impractical if not nearly impossible. (JA) Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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