CSU Online Library

A.) explains why you used a particular search tool	It is important to know what educational institutions are providing for students to assist them in avoiding plagiarism. In searching a University library catalogue it will answer that question and show how real the issue of plagiarism is and what resources are provided to students.
B.) illustrates the syntax / key words entered	plagiarism
C.) states the number of hits obtained	17
D.) comments on the quality of the results obtained	As expected most of the resources cover the sub topic of prevention/avoiding plagiarism for students. Educating students on how to avoid plagiarism is an important responsibility for universities and colleges and this is shown from the variety of resources that the CSU library provides. Also the results show students that plagiarism is cheating and the consequences will be severe if a student is caught plagiarising. The resources were handbooks, videos and books.

B.) illustrates the syntax / key words entered	plagiarism in education - date range - last 12 months
C.) states the number of hits obtained	18
D.) comments on the quality of the results obtained	The search results were great, up to date, asking the question "are we getting carried away with technology based detection methods, when we should be looking at how educators teaching skills can be the prevention method?" Great statistics were found in the articles and most importantly they are recent results showing that as large percentage of students continue to plagiarise.