BU goes after term paper firms. The Internet is like an ocean of information for students. Unfortunately, the water is murky due to Web sites that make plagiarism easy. Many sites bill themselves as ''for research purposes only,'' but some papers are free for the downloading. Other papers cost money.
Educators call the sites unethical, high-tech cheat sheets that cater to students who plagiarize.
Each paper on the site has a different price, and the cost varies depending on difficulty of subject matter and the amount of research required. A Comparison of Major Characters. An Analysis of Character Motivation in the Seminal Novel of the 1960s Malaise. An Analytical Study of the Attitudes of Henry Miller and D.H. Lawrence on Obscenity and Pornography. Cynthia J. Hallett, an English professor at Florida Community College at Jacksonville, said no cheaters have been caught at FCCJ campuses, but she has discussed the online issue with colleagues.