Plagiarism+in+Digital+Age+References

﻿ Cara Patten, Kerrie Hartman, Ashley Marsiglia, and David Davenport
 * References **

Ma, H. J., Wan, G., & Lu, E. Y. (2008). Digital cheating and plagiarism in schools. //Theory into Practice, 47//, 197-203. doi:10.1080/00405840802153809

Ma, H., Yong Lu, E., Turner, S., & Wan, G. (2007). An empirical investigation of digital cheating and plagiarism among middle school students. //American Secondary Education//, //35//(2), 69-82. Retrieved from []. ﻿NOTE: Use the URL of the publisher and not the link to the ebsco database at Towson.

Scanlon, P. M. (2003). Student online plagiarism. //College Teaching, 51//(4), 161-165. Retrieved from []

Sterngold, A. (2004). Confronting plagiarism: How conventional teaching invites cyber-cheating . //Change, 36//(3), 16-21. Retrieved from http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal.

**Subject Terms**: "plagiarism,students-attitudes, middle school students, cheating(education), research, student ethics".

**Keywords that our team used**:

media and plagiarism citing references digital media plagiarism <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">authorship <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">plagiarism <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">internet or online or web-based

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Reflection: Ashley Marsiglia <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">I have used the online databases prior to this class so I was familar with how to navigate through the databases. However, I did find the presentation on keywords and searching very helpful. I like how the librarian showed several ways to narrow down the number of search results. The key words that worked the best for me were " plagiarism and media or digital". As far as citations go what I did was use the citation provided with the article, then I went to the Cook Library and got the APA Reference List from the librarian and used that to perfect my citation. One thing that I am not clear on is the ISSN and the Accession Number which is located on the article. I am not sure what these numbers mean? Overall, after the reference session we had in class and now that I have the APA Refernce list I feel more comfortable with locating information and properly citing it.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Reflection: Kerrie Hartman <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">This process was new to me, as a returning student who hasn't written any research papers in a while. I have not had to follow the APA format before so this was a real learning process. Fortunately for me, the lecture and power-point presentation on keywords, accessing the library data-bases, and APA citations were very helpful. I was really amazed at the difference that the careful choice of keywords made with the process of finding a relevant article. The keywords that worked best for me were online and plagiarism. In the end, for this particular topic, there seemed to be a limited choice of relavent articles. In hindsight, I think I could have taken the process further to find a slightly different angle on the subject, since each team members articles had almost identical findings. For help with APA citations, I looked at the OWL Perdue website and the APA examples that were provided in the librarian's presentation.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Reflection: Cara Patten <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">To find my article, I used the Cook Library cite and I used Ebsco Host. Since it is my last semester at Towson, I have been using the database for quite some time. Although I thought I knew a lot about it, I learned a lot about key words the other day in class. To search for my article, I used the keyword //plagiari//* so it would cover //plagiarism//, //plagiarize//, etc. I also used //plagiari* and internet// to find my article. To cite my sources, once I had completed the paper, I used the Purdue OWL website for everything. I created my citations for the reference page entirely from the Purdue website; I also created my in-text citations from there. I had been told to use the Purdue website many times before, but I never found it useful. For some reason, during this assignment the website really clicked with me. I was able to find a lot of information out of it that I had never found before.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Reflection: David Davenport <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">In finding my article I used the Cook Library database Ebsco Host. I was not familiar with the process nor the use of the filtering to narrow down the "hits." I was pleased with the instruction and manner of practice we used to solicit a reasonable list of topic choices. To search I used the keywords of plagiari* and media; among others. Although I still do not feel completely comfortable with the processes---such as Purdue OWL, database searches, and the APA formats, I do feel an advancement of my awareness and capabilities on the topics. Hopefully with more repetition I will master the maneuvering and use of these valuable tools.