I have seen impressive student Web site projects constructed with uncited content and original art selected from the Web sites of others. Last year, I discovered a document that I wrote, copied onto someone else's Web site with no credit. Students tell me that cheating is fine as long as they don't get caught. Other students plagiarize out of ignorance or carelessness. Still others tell me they plagiarize out of desperation.
Copying seems the only way out.
Some students find the works of their peers stored on hard drives or on a network and claim those works as their own. But it is even easier to buy or download term papers. Term paper mills are growing in popularity and easy to find on the Web. There is no guarantee of any quality. One of the most popular of these sites offers free term papers and no apologies.