Process-based assignments: How promoting information literacy prevents plagiarism

College and Undergraduate Libraries

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-51

  Hurlbert, Janet McNeil ^a,b   Savidge, Cathleen R ^b,c   Laudenslager, Georgia R ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b LYCOMING COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d CLARION UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assignment design; Effective assignments; Library instruction; Plagiarism; Process based assignments

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749653214     PISSN: 10691316     EISSN: 15452530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J106v10n01_05     Document Type: Article

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