This guide to the plague of plagiarism and methods of combating it is accessible as well as comprehensive. The 16 articles here explain the reasons for the stupendous rise in plagiarism (do not blame it all on the technology), including student perceptions, lecturer attitudes and commercial interests, facets of plagiarism particular to international students, and detection programs. Contributors also cover community college-level plagiarism, contract cheating, and methods of preventing plagiarism by redesigning the learning environment and keeping track of communications in blogs and the like. This includes interesting case studies and practical ideas that will not waste your precious time, which you could be spending reading pristine papers and exams. Includes a handy detailed table of comments which provides summaries of articles here. Annotation c2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

This guide to the plague of plagiarism and methods of combating it is accessible as well as comprehensive. The 16 articles here explain the reasons for the stupendous rise in plagiarism (do not blame it all on the technology), including student perceptions, lecturer attitudes and commercial interests, facets of plagiarism particular to international students, and detection programs. Contributors also cover community college-level plagiarism, contract cheating, and methods of preventing plagiarism by redesigning the learning environment and keeping track of communications in blogs and the like. This includes interesting case studies and practical ideas that will not waste your precious time, which you could be spending reading pristine papers and exams. Includes a handy detailed table of comments which provides summaries of articles here. Annotation c2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)