This page is designed to support the in-class library instruction session for BEIT 336 to allow students to continue research for this course.

First, break this topic into its component parts. Brainstorm terms to combine and re-combine. Here are some possibilities:
 

General Database Search Tips

• For off-campus access to ISU databases, you must follow these instructions.
• Use terms found in the table listed above.
• Start with a general search, then narrow it by adding additional terms.
• Use the advanced or guided search to do complex searching.
• Look for subject headings that pertain to your topic. Then do searches on those subject headings in the subject field.
• Use Boolean operators (AND, OR) in your search. AND will narrow a search. OR will broaden a search. For more information, look at the library's Keyword/Boolean Search Guide (requires Adobe Acrobat).
• Truncate search terms when necessary. Truncation will allow you to search for variations of a word. First, you need to determine the root of a particular word by removing letters at the end of the word. Then add the truncation symbol. A search in EBSCOhost on the term interact* will find articles that contain words starting with interact, such as interact, interactive, interacts, interacting, interactive, etc. Each database uses a different truncation symbol. See the sample searches below for which one to use with each database.
• You can limit your searches to only get articles that are available electronically in full-text by clicking on the full-text box on the main search page. Full-text articles are nearly always available in LexisNexis Academic.
• If your search gets too many articles, search for your term in a particular field (such as company, subject, title, headline and lead paragraphs). If your search gets too few articles, search for your term using a keyword search or full-text search.
• Focus on databases that ISU subscribes to, not freely available web search engines such as Google, AltaVista, Yahoo, etc. In general, databases such as ERIC, ProQuest Education Complete, ABI/INFORM, Business Source Premier and LexisNexis Academic will give you better quality information that is more relevant to your research needs. The use of web search engines is frequently a time-consuming process, often resulting in information that is of little or no value to a research paper.

ISU Library Catalog search here for more than two million books, microforms, videos and journal titles found in the ISU Library.

Sample keyword search:

cheating in the keyword anywhere field
AND
education in the subject field

CQ Researcher Produced by Congressional Quarterly, CQ Researcher explores a single "hot" issue in the news in depth each week. Every 12,000-word report is written by an experienced journalist and features comments from experts, lawmakers and citizens on all sides of every issue. Numerous charts, graphs and sidebar articles -- plus a pro-con feature, a chronology, lengthy bibliographies and a list of contacts -- round out each report. Reports related to this topic are "Combating Plagiarism," "Cheating in Schools" and "Teaching Values."

• Academic Search Premier provides full text for more than 4,000 scholarly publications, including full text for more than 3,100 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for all 8,000 journals in the collection. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and offers information dating as far back as 1975. This database is updated daily.
• MasterFile Premier provides full text for over 1,900 general reference, business, consumer health, general science, and multi-cultural periodicals. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for nearly 2,800 periodicals. Full text backfiles go as far back as January of 1990, while indexing and abstract backfiles go as far back as January of 1984.
• Business Source Premier provides full text for more than 2,800 scholarly business journals covering management, economics, finance, accounting, international business and much more.
• Regional Business News is a full text newswire database that incorporates business wires from all over the world. Included in this database are A&G Information, Africa News Service, Inter Press Service, Resource News International, South American Business, M2 Communications, PR Newswire, Business News Wire, Canadian Corporate News, News Bytes News Network, and Phillips Business Information Highlights.
• Corporate ResourceNet contains full text articles from nearly 1,350 quality magazines and journals, including trade publications and top management journals. This database also includes detailed company profiles for the world's 5,000 largest companies. Many full text titles are available in native (searchable) PDF, or scanned-in-color. Full text information in this database dates as far back as 1985.


Sample advanced searches:  

cheating or plagiarism
plagiarism and (statistic* or data or trend*)
student* and cheating
student* and cheat* and technology
plagiar* and student* and technology
cheat* and student* and (combat* or detect* or prevent*)
paper mills
student* and cheat* and computer software

Business: Search Business News : Search any news source.

WorldCat Search the combined catalog of more than 100 million books, web resources and other materials from libraries throughout the world. From this database, ISU students can electronically request items via interlibrary loan. Interlibrary loan items usually arrive within 10 to 14 days. There is no fee for this service.
 

Use the ISU Library's  Internet Search Tools web page and try various search engines.

Some sample searches:

• On Google: students cheating technology preventing


• On All the Web: students plagiarism software

(Carefully evaluate the information presented from companies or individuals profiting from educational cheating. Use the advanced search page of Google or All the Web to refine your search or exclude .com domains if necessary.)

Useful web pages:

• Bob Jensen's Threads on Plagiarism Detection and Exam Cheating [created by Bob Jensen, a professor of business administration at Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas] http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/plagiarism.htm
• Plagiarism.org [a website created by Turnitin.com, a for-profit company that produces anti-plagiarism technologies. This page is designed to serve as an online resource for educators and "offers detailed information on the technologies behind Turnitin.com, facts about Internet plagiarism, and a report on the growth of 'cheatsites' online."] http://www.plagiarism.org/
• School Sucks and Termpapers R Us [two popular web sites for term papers] http://www.schoolsucks.com/ and http://www.termpapersrus.com/