Dear Air-ers - This is a bit obvious but the university system in Australia is in crisis with plagiarism - with estimates running between 8-30% of all student work submitted for marking has been plagiarized - with internet papers, internet sources being near the top of the list. (At SCU, collecting previous exam papers from the library and recycling them into essays still seems popular). This - throw it on the list - attitude can be found in students who *email their instructors* to provide them with a detailed list of references for their assignments! The night before it's due! Brabazon (see below) says she receives about 240 emails PER DAY while the semester is on - many -in fact, most having to do with assignment details - while the digital discussion room remains silent and empty - For more on this topic see Barazon, Tara, _Digital Hemlock_ 2002, New South Wales University Press. Ok, I still need some things from the list, but I do try to exhaust all other resources FIRST, and I would expect other academics to do the same . . . Denise ===== "Stupidity is not just a lack of content; it's also a process" Denise N. Rall, Sustainable Forestry Mentoring Coordinator & PhD student, School of Education, Southern Cross University, PO Box 157, Lismore, NSW, 2480 Australia Phone +61-2-6624-8627 Fax +61-2-6624-8637 Office (Tuesdays) (02) 6620 3577 Mob 0438 233 344 http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/edu/research/deniserall/index.html __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com