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Exploring the Issue of Plagiarism through Kaavya Viswanathan’s Novel Opal Mehta by Joanna Johnson Bibliography “Academic Integrity” http://www.writing.ku.edu/students/docs/integrity.shtml This particular page of a larger site about plagiarism is useful for its attention to the ethical considerations of plagiarism. “Avoiding Plagiarism” OWL (Online Writing Lab) at Purdue University http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/589/01/ Another useful link for students about plagiarism and how to avoid it, written by one of the best-known and respected online writing sites “Copy Claim Author Loses Book Deal” http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4967864.stm) BBC news site reporting accusations against Viswanathan “Defining and Avoiding Plagiarism: The WPA Statement on Best Practices” http://www.wpacouncil.org/node/9 As described by the site itself, “[t]his statement responds to the growing educational concerns about plagiarism in four ways: by defining plagiarism; by suggesting some of the causes of plagiarism; by proposing a set of responsibilities (for students, teachers, and administrators) to address the problem of plagiarism; and by recommending a set of practices for teaching and learning that can significantly reduce the likelihood of plagiarism. “Fending Off a Plagiarist” http://chronicle.com/free/v50/i43/43c00101.htm. Kimberly Lanegran’s account in the Chronicle of Higher Education of how her PhD dissertation was stolen and almost copied verbatim by another PhD student to obtain his doctorate. “Kaavya Viswanathan” http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kaavya_Viswanathan&oldid=61883160 (permanent archived link) This Wikipedia page on Kaavya Viswanathan is actually pretty thorough, and provides a lot of useful external links to blogs, responses from the authors involved, newspaper articles, Malcolm Gladwell’s response in the New Yorker, for example. “Plagiarism and How to Avoid It” http://www.depts.drew.edu/composition/Avoiding_Plagiarism.htm Has clear examples of original and quoted/paraphrased/plagiarized material, and explains the reasoning behind each. “Sophomore’s New Book Contains Passages Strikingly Similar to 2001 Novel” http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=512968The Harvard Crimson student newspaper’s original accusation of plagiarism “Understanding plagiarism” http://education.indiana.edu/~frick/plagiarism/ Includes tutorials, case studies, immediate feedback on test cases etc. “What is Plagiarism and Why Do People Do It?” by John R. Edlund http://www.calstatela.edu/centers/write_cn/plagiarism.htm This article is particularly useful for its consideration of why ideas and words are considered intellectual property in the western world.

Exploring the Issue of Plagiarism through Kaavya Viswanathan’s Novel Opal Mehta

by Joanna Johnson

Bibliography

“Academic Integrity”
http://www.writing.ku.edu/students/docs/integrity.shtml
This particular page of a larger site about plagiarism is useful for its attention to the ethical considerations of plagiarism.

“Avoiding Plagiarism”
OWL (Online Writing Lab) at Purdue University http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/589/01/
Another useful link for students about plagiarism and how to avoid it, written by one of the best-known and respected online writing sites

“Copy Claim Author Loses Book Deal” http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4967864.stm)
BBC news site reporting accusations against Viswanathan

“Defining and Avoiding Plagiarism: The WPA Statement on Best Practices”
http://www.wpacouncil.org/node/9
As described by the site itself, “[t]his statement responds to the growing educational concerns about plagiarism in four ways: by defining plagiarism; by suggesting some of the causes of plagiarism; by proposing a set of responsibilities (for students, teachers, and administrators) to address the problem of plagiarism; and by recommending a set of practices for teaching and learning that can significantly reduce the likelihood of plagiarism.

“Fending Off a Plagiarist”
http://chronicle.com/free/v50/i43/43c00101.htm.
Kimberly Lanegran’s account in the Chronicle of Higher Education of how her PhD dissertation was stolen and almost copied verbatim by another PhD student to obtain his doctorate.

“Kaavya Viswanathan”
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kaavya_Viswanathan&oldid=61883160 (permanent archived link)
This Wikipedia page on Kaavya Viswanathan is actually pretty thorough, and provides a lot of useful external links to blogs, responses from the authors involved, newspaper articles, Malcolm Gladwell’s response in the New Yorker, for example.

“Plagiarism and How to Avoid It” http://www.depts.drew.edu/composition/Avoiding_Plagiarism.htm
Has clear examples of original and quoted/paraphrased/plagiarized material, and explains the reasoning behind each.

“Sophomore’s New Book Contains Passages Strikingly Similar to 2001 Novel” http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=512968The Harvard Crimson student newspaper’s original accusation of plagiarism

“Understanding plagiarism”
http://education.indiana.edu/~frick/plagiarism/
Includes tutorials, case studies, immediate feedback on test cases etc.

“What is Plagiarism and Why Do People Do It?”
by John R. Edlund
http://www.calstatela.edu/centers/write_cn/plagiarism.htm
This article is particularly useful for its consideration of why ideas and words are considered intellectual property in the western world.