Mouse click plagiarism: The role of technology in plagiarism and the librarian's role in combating it

Library Trends

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 415-432

  Auer, Nicole J ^a   Krupar, Ellen M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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