Abstract:
Most teachers & faculty members need a librarian’s help when
they suspect plagiarism.
Numerous library web sites offer help that
faculty don’t need: advice on how to recognize that a paper is suspicious.
They don’t need us to tell them what to watch for. They quickly recognize
writing they suspect is plagiarized.
What most teachers & faculty members need from
us is help finding those plagiarized sources. They need assistance in
deciding which of dozens of search engines & databases is likely to find the
original source, and they need help searching those engines & databases
effectively.
This poster shows how DePauw University’s
librarians give workshops and work one-on-one to teach our faculty members
how to select the most appropriate places to look, and how to find
suspicious phrases.
In providing this service, we help faculty with
a pressing information need, show off our expertise in searching, and build
stronger relationships with our colleagues.