Where can I locate the sources of plagiarized papers?
Although the on-line paper mills seem to have resulted in proliferation of downloadable term papers, this is not the only source for students to get papers. Others may include books, fraternity test files, and other students. The latter may be more difficult to trace, but doing an Internet search on suspicious passages may reveal the source. (See Question 8 above) In a recent study that gauged the students’ self-perceptions, about 10 per cent admitted having copied material from the internet for their paper without citing the source, and about 15 per cent admitted having copied material from books or other printed sources without citing the source. This would indicate that on-line plagiarism is not as prevalent as ‘old-fashioned’ plagiarism.
