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Great, student-friendly plagiarism info guide. Must steal this.

The Checkpoint in each section gives the reader an opportunity to check their understanding of the concepts covered. Students can turn in the results of these quizzes to their professor to show what they have learned about plagiarism.

Synopsis of Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky acknowledging that "mistakes" in his office had caused unattributed writing by others to appear in his own work and announced that he was instituting safeguards to prevent such breaches from happening again. Article shows examples of the plagiarism and cites other notable politicians who have been caught.

Interesting article on fraud and plagiarism in scientific research publishing.

Debbie Abilock referred to data from this site in one of her presentations. I think it could be a good resource for History and English departments. The Citation Project is a multi-institution research project responding to educators' concerns about plagiarism and the teaching of writing. Although much has been written on this topic and many have expressed concerns, little empirical data is available to describe what students are actually doing with their sources.