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 list suggests different ways of referring to sources and will help you remember to use your sources

The Academic Process

• A tutorial from LMETB on academic writing, referencing and avoid plagiarism

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 examples, stating why each is plagiarism. 

Summarising, Paraphrasing 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 2012, 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. There is also an updated, plagiarism spectrum 2.0 infographic 

When Life Gives You Lehman

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