plagiarism.html

Be informed! Cheating is uncacceptable. The DVC college policy is that cheating, and it's cousin, plagiarism, can result in a student's dismissal from the course with a failing grade.

What is Plagiarism?

See an up-to-date collection of definitions, examples. suggestions, and remedies.
http://www.accreditedschoolsonline.org/resources/preventing-plagiarism/
http://gervaseprograms.georgetown.edu/hc/plagiarism.html

Buying a paper from a ghost writer, a research service or term paper mill.
Turning in another student's work as one's own without citation and permission.
Turning in a paper someone else has written for you for a fee or gratis.
Copying a paper from a source text without proper acknowledgment (citation).
Copying materials from a source text, supplying proper documentation, but leaving out quotation marks.
Paraphrasing materials from a source text without appropriate documentation / citation.

The Internet has made plagiarism simple with variations on the "old -fashioned" themes:

Free papers:
- School Sucks

Or pay for a paper.

But, beware! Internet Technologies have also kept pace and have made discovery of plagiarism much easier:

http://www.plagiarism.org/

http://www.plagiarism.com/index.htm

http://www.CaNexus.com

http://www.findsame.com

http://www.turnitin.com

http://www.wordchecksystems.com

http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~aiken/moss.htm

Choices are the foundation of freedom and learning. I hope that you choose well.