9 Best Ways to Avoid Plagiarism in Your Essays

• Some plainly written suggestions to help you avoid plagiarism (#8 use a checker, isn't recommended; online plagiarism checkers are not useful).

Academic Paraphrasing Skills

• Paraphrasing exercises (some free, some requiring payment) from a site aiming to help students write better academic English

Academic Phrasebank: Referring to Sources

• The University of Manchester's Academic Phrasebank is a useful resource for academic writing. This section lists suggests different ways of referring to sources and will help you remember to use your sources

Deterring Plagiarism: Some Strategies

• From the University of Toronto, some advice for tutors on reducing the risk of plagiarised assignments

Et Plagieringseventyr (A Plagiarism Carol)

• A light-hearted video, loosely based on Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, by the University of Bergen, highlighting the dangers of plagiarism. Subtitles required.

Examples of Paraphrasing Without Plagiarising

• Good examples of how to paraphrase both sentences and paragraphs

Goblin Threat Plagiarism Game

• Destroy goblins by answering questions about plagiarism; from Lycoming College, Pennsylvania

Plagiarism - How to Avoid It

• Clear, concise and engaging short video explaining plagiarism and how to avoid it.

Plagiarism.org

• Turnitin sponsored site supporting the education community with resources for students and teachers

Plagiarism and You(Tube)

• Entertaining and comprehensively researched video on examples of plagiarism on YouTube.  Warning, some strong language and very long  - perhaps only a couple of chapters will be enough! Incredibly thorough with many example, stating why each is plagiarism. 

Summarising, Paraphrasing and and Quoting: A Guide to Doing it Right!

• A video from a US community college library on avoiding plagiarism by summarising, paraphrasing or quoting correctly.

Turnitin - The Plagiarism Spectrum

• In 2016, the plagiarism detection software company Turnitin surveyed educational instructors for the most common types of plagiarism.  The results were released in a white paper entitled 'The Plagiarism Spectrum', which give examples of the 10 most common forms of plagiarism according to survey respondents.

When Life Gives You Lehman

• A webcomic about plagiarism.  Don't be like Marisol!