Plagiarism Resources
Plagiarism Home
Center for Teaching
Tom Rocklin: “Downloadable Term Papers: What’s a Prof to do?”
TALK, vol.6, no.4: “Plagiarism, trust and fraud”
Turnitin
http://www.uiowa.edu/~provost/plagiarism/turnitin/
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences (CLAS)
CLAS General Education Literature Program, Plagiarism Materials
(Includes an overview of what an instructor is to do in the event she uncovers a case of plagiarism. Has links to letter templates that can be used in reporting the incident.)
Course of Action: what to do if you get a plagiarized paper
Template letters:
Template for informing the student that plagiarism has been observed.
Template letter for reporting a case of plagiarism to the Dean of Academic Programs.
University of Iowa Colleges
For details on the policies of other University of Iowa colleges, please consult the following links:
College of Business
Honor Code:
http://www.biz.uiowa.edu/upo/honorcode.html
College of EducationPolicy on Student Academic Misconduct:
http://www.education.uiowa.edu/coedean/policies/student_ac_misconduct/index.html
College of EngineeringRegulations Dealing with Academic Misconduct:
http://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/current-students/academic-misconduct.php
College of Liberal Arts and SciencesClassroom Procedures - Academic Fraud, Plagiarism, and Cheating:
http://www.clas.uiowa.edu/faculty/teaching/classroom_p&p/acad_fraud_etc.shtmlCLAS Student Academic Handbook – Student Rights and Responsibilities:
http://www.clas.uiowa.edu/students/academic_handbook/ix.shtml
College of Pharmacy
Student Handbook 2004-2005
http://www.pharmacy.uiowa.edu/doctorof/policies.htm
College of Public Health
Doctoral Student Handbook:
http://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/hmp/pdf/phd_handbook_03.pdfMasters Students Handbook:
http://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/hmp/pdf/mha_handbook_03.pdf
Graduate CollegeQuestions of academic misconduct arising in the Graduate College or in the professional colleges are treated on an individual basis. In the Graduate College, the incidences of plagiarism are handled at the departmental level.
Inquiries for further information for students in professional graduate colleges should be directed at the office of their respective dean.
Information for this section was researched and compiled by Tuomas Manninen.
Writing resources
UI Department of History Teaching and Writing Center
(Contains advice on how to cite sources and paraphrase; statement on plagiarism.)
UI Writing Center
(Collection of links to guides on citation.)
UI College of Law Writing Center
(Collection of links to various resources, including a statement on plagiarism.)
UI College of Engineering – Hanson Center for Technical Communication
Hanson CTC: Understanding and Avoiding Plagiarism
UI College of Business – Business Writing Center
(Links to writing resources)
Information for this section was researched and compiled by Tuomas Manninen.

