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Explanations, Advice and Guidance About Plagiarism

From Purdue University (US) explanation, advice and exercises on avoiding plagiarism. Part of the excellent OWL collection at Purdue:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/589/01/

From Bath University (UK) a description of plagiarism, why it is wrong and how it is detected:
http://www.bath.ac.uk/library/plagiarism/

From the University of Melbourne (Australia) a discussion of academic honesty:
http://academichonesty.unimelb.edu.au/advice.html

From Leeds University (UK) a comprehensive guide to plagiarism:
http://www.ldu.leeds.ac.uk/plagiarism/

From Iowa State University (US) a description of types of academic dishonesty:
http://www.lib.iastate.edu/commons/resources/facultyguides/plagiarism/dishonest.html

Also from Iowa State University a useful checklist for avoiding plagiarism:
http://www.lib.iastate.edu/commons/resources/facultyguides/plagiarism/checklist.html

From Miguel Roig at St John's University (US) a discussion of issues related to plagiarism with a specific focus on writing for scientists:
http://facpub.stjohns.edu/~roigm/plagiarism/

From the University of Pretoria (South Africa) the dos and don'ts of avoiding plagiarism:
http://upetd.up.ac.za/authors/create/plagiarism/avoid.htm