Resources
To help you pass a Certification Test
- How Certification Tests work: short video shows how to answer questions and use test hints
- Decision table: summarizes how to determine the kind of plagiarism, rules of thumb, test clues
- Decision support: step-by-step guide for classifying plagiarism and non-plagiarism
- What mistakes I am making on the test? describes more subtle and well-disguised plagiarism
- Hints: decision table, classification rules for how to recognize plagiarism
- Patterns of plagiarism: examples demonstrate 15 types of plagiarism and 3 types of non-plagiarism (similar to questions on Certification Tests)
- Document used in the demonstration videos with color coding of elements: word-for-word quotations, paraphrasing, citation elements, and parts of references
- Document used in the demonstration videos with no color coding: PDF illustrates proper citations for direct quotes and paraphrasing, and references in APA Style (American Psychological Association)--no color coding.
- Frequently asked questions: and their answers
- Simple diagram: how to avoid plagiarism
Links to external websites for further help
- Quiz: What Is Plagiarism at Indiana University? 10 questions with immediate feedback which progressively identify salient criteria for identifying plagiarism
- YouTube Video (18 min.): Professor Anthony Pym provides additional examples and tips for how to pass one of the difficult Certification Tests. Dr. Pym refers to inverted commas, which are the same as quotation marks to which we refer in our tutorials. The examples he provides were drawn from our legacy tutorial (2002-2014).
- Booth, W. C., Colomb, G. G., Williams, J. M., Bizup, J., & FitzGerald, W. T. (2016). The craft of research (4th. Ed.). Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.
- Online Writing Lab: Purdue University (OWL)
- Plagiarism.org: understanding plagiarism, citing sources, ...
- Writing Tutorial Services: tutoring and writing guides at Indiana University Bloomington
- APA Style: American Psychological Association
Can I use AI to get help in passing a Certification Test?
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