In some recent work on Digital Citizenship, while in the conversation of digital rights and responsibilities, the topic of plagiarism, like always, surfaced. I usually reference research such as this one, but basically Nagel identifies that plagiarism is deterred more through instruction (on what it is and how to use the same information in an acceptable/ appropriate way), as apposed to the threat of discipline (expulsion, etc..). I like to use this for the basis of instruction/teaching/learning is USUALLY > than threats. (OK, so there are some exceptions to the rule, but on the whole it’s true in my experiences.)
In the name of Plagiarism and Citation tools here are few quick tools that usually find a home in peoples bookmarks.
- Son of Citation – Great for MLA or APA style citations. Basically you copy a URL from a web page or use a ISBN – click a button and get the citation of the source. Their tag line is: SOMEDAY THE INFORMATION THAT SOMEONE ELSE WANTS TO USE… WILL BE YOURS! Works really well with well known websites. You have to add a bit of info if citing a personal blog, etc. Here is a citation of one of my favorite articles on this blog:
Park, M. (2011, 03 19). Tech, play, & language development = learning connections [Web log message]. Retrieved from http://kyedtech.com/blog/archives/351
- EasyBib – Pretty much the same thing but MLA only, unless you create an account and pay some monthly cash (so, not as cool). Works really well with well known websites. You have to add a bit of info if citing a personal blog, etc.
- The Owl (Purdue Online Writing Lab) – O.W.L. stands for Online Writing Lab, by the way… This is by far the best citation resource site I’ve ever come across. It doesn’t do any fancy automation, but the info is all here and is fantastic! Go check this one out.