Earlier this month there was news that Joe Satriani was suing Coldplay for plagiarising one of Satch’s songs. Not surprisingly this was very interesting to me since plagiarism is a big deal for librarians. And this is what I’ll say about the case. Just like the possibility of plagiarism in a school setting Coldplay should [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘plagiarism’
June 22, 2007
Plagiarism Tutorial
CSU now has a plagiarism tutorial up for use. You can link to it at the following website:
http://www.csuniv.edu/library/Plagiarism/index.htm
If you’re a professor wanting to use this for a class, email me and I can send you the answer key to the quiz that is associated with the tutorial.
April 16, 2007
Katie Couric & Plagiarism
On March 22, I had a blog post about an article in the Wall Street Journal written by Jeff Zaslow. It dealt with libraries, and whether anyone goes to them anymore. The reason I’m referencing it is because of a news report I saw on LISNews.org about a producer for CBS being fired after [...]
April 10, 2007
Google & Plagiarism
This article contains some interesting information on plagiarism and how search engines like Google Book and others are making it easier to find out if a work has been plagiarized.
The scary thing for students is that unlike other programs such as Turnitin.com, it doesn’t cost your professor to type in a sentence he/she thinks doesn’t [...]
