What is and is not plagiarism, how to recognise it and avoid it. Includes the university’s policy for dealing with academic dishonesty.
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• Staffordshire University policy for dealing with breaches of assessment regulations: academic dishonesty (http://www.staffs.ac.uk/images/academic_dishonesty_tcm68-12681.pdf)
  This is important information regarding the consequences of plagiarising. Section 2.10 gives a clear indication of what constitutes plagiarism in the eyes of the university. Section 4 covers procedures for dealing with academic dishonesty and section 6 gives an indication of the probable outcome if you are found guilty of plagiarism.
• Is it plagiarism yet? (http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/589/02/)
  It is not uncommon for students to plagiarise unintentionally, this site helps to determine what does and does not need to be referenced and the next page ‘Safe practices’ offers advice on how to ensure that you don’t plagiarise accidentally.
• How to recognise and avoid plagiarism (http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/plagiarism.shtml)
  A brief definition of plagiarism followed by useful examples of acceptable and unacceptable paraphrasing and some strategies for avoiding plagiarism.
• How to avoid plagiarism (http://www.northwestern.edu/uacc/plagiar.html)
  A great site with examples including the original source, the use of the material and an explanation of why it is good or bad to aid understanding of what actually constitutes plagiarism.