Book reviews of The Plagiarism Handbook: Strategies for
Preventing, Detecting, and Dealing with Plagiarism, and Using
Sources Effectively: Strengthening Your Writing and Avoiding
Plagiarism, by Robert A. Harris. Reviewed by Peggy Pittman-
Munke. Reviewed by Peggy Pittman-Munke, BA, MLS, M.Ed., MSW,
PhD, Associate Professor of Social Work Murray State University,
Murray, Kentucky HARRIS, Robert A. (2001). The Plagiarism
Handbook: Strategies for Preventing, Detecting, and Dealing With
Plagiarism. Los Angeles: Pyrczak Publishing. 208pp., $19.95. In
his first book, Harris explains that plagiarism is a complex
issue involving many factors ranging from “changes in ethical
values” to “poorly designed asignments” and “perceived lack of
consequences. He provides activities to educate both students
and educators about plagiarism in order to eliminate plagiarism.
The appendices are expecially useful, containing definitions of
plagiarism, language for constructing policies, tests and other
activities to use with students,