Computer ethics/copyright & plagiarism

• Copyright crash course - This course is intended for members of the University of Texas system, but provides helpful information for anyone curious about copyright law and fair use, including how the laws apply to electronic resources.
• Cybercitizenship - Cybercitizenship provides approaches for teaching children about "Cyber Ethics." This site also includes sets of links for adults and children to gain a better understanding of the Internet.
• Cybercrime - This is a site by the U.S. Department of Justice. It contains information and up-to-date news about cyber crimes.
• Cyberethics for Kids - This site developed by the U.S. Department of Justice's Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section provides adults, children and teens information on how to use the Internet safely and responsibly.
• Institute for Global Ethics - Promotes and educates about ethical decision-making both on and off the Internet.
• Internet security reading room - This site, developed by the SANS (System Administration, Networking, and Security) Institute, provides many articles about computer crime and security, including computer hacking.
• Plagiarism: recognizing, preventing, understanding - from the Center for Instructional Technology at UNC.
• Plagiarism tutorial - This interactive lesson is hosted by the Vaughan Memorial Library at Acadia University, Nova Scotia. Plagiarism is a serious academic offense. Prepare students to write original papers and properly quote their sources. On the final page of the tutorial, you can also access two additional tutorial: Credible Sources Count (evaluating Web sites) and Searching with Success (finding relevant results).
• The Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education - This document is a code of best practices that helps educators using media literacy concepts and techniques to interpret the copyright doctrine of fair use.   
• United States Copyright Office - Provides up-to-date news about copyright issues, as well as explaining the basics of copyright law.

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