University of Notre Dame anthropology professor Susan Blum wrote about this in a new book, "My Word! Plagiarism and College Culture."

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Yet the same technology that makes it easy to find information to copy also makes it easier to identify plagiarism.

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Last week, we said colleges and universities in the United States define plagiarism as representing another person's work as your own.

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The teacher gets a report on any passages that are similar enough to suspect plagiarism.

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Plagiarism is the act of representing another person's words or ideas as your own.

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They also may discuss plagiarism with their students at the start of every term.

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Professors at American colleges have tried many ways to stop student plagiarism.

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Plagiarism may also be a problem in other countries.

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Accidental plagiarism can sometimes result from cultural differences.

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We continue our discussion of plagiarism.

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More about plagiarism next week.

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