[Air-l] RE: plagiarism

Kendall, Lori Lori.Kendall at purchase.edu
Fri Mar 22 14:40:29 PST 2002


Eszter wrote:

> One method I use to try to track down sources is to type into Google
> (using quotes) one of the more complex sentences in the paper. Since
> Google now indexes MSWord and PDF in addition to HTML, this is often
> helpful.

I recommend leaving off the first few words of a sentence before
searching for it, and pick sentences buried in paragraphs.  If 
the student bothers to edit anything at all, beginnings and endings
are the most likely.

Lori




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