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PLAGIARISM
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Detection
Tools and Methods The Virtual Academic Integrity Laboratory and Center for Intellectual Property at the University of Maryland's University College provides information about some of the major software packages as well as search engine techniques. It also discusses potential infringement of students’ intellectual property rights by some tools. Plagiarism Detection Services The University of Michigan’s Shapiro Undergraduate Library's list compares various online services and downloadable software packages. Evaluation of Detection Services and Methods More websites and print resources that analyze specific plagiarism detection methods and products. From University of Maryland University College. |
EXAMPLES
OF PLAGIARISM PREVENTION AND DETECTION RESOURCES AND
SOFTWARE |
DISCLAIMER: This list is not comprehensive and does not
in any way constitute endorsement or approval, but is intended
to provide a starting point for research.
EduTie.com | Eve2
| Glatt | JPlag
| MOSS | Plagiarism.org
Plagiserv | Turnitin.com
| Wordchecksystems
EduTie.com
"EduTie is an Internet plagiarism service founded in
August 2000 that provides access to about 250,000 papers online.
EduTie uses PlagiServ technology to analyze loaded papers
for evidence of plagiarism. This is a fee-based service that
provides free trials; its users include administrators, instructors,
and students and it serves colleges and universities and K–12
school districts."
"Eve2 is an Internet plagiarism detection resource for
teachers that can be used in any school to detect and prevent
plagiarism on the Internet. Eve 2 is moderately priced and
appears to be cost-effective. It is said to be 80 to 90 percent
effective in finding plagiarized materials. This is a one-time,
fee-based service with free updates. Teachers can try it free
for 15 days."
"This site provides three different software programs
to teach students about plagiarism, screen programs to detect
plagiarism for faculty, and a self-detection program to detect
plagiarism. This is a fee-based service."
"This software was developed by Guido Malpohl to detect
academic dishonesty. The software not only compares the text
of documents, but examines program language syntax and program
structure to detect stolen software parts. It is free for
use by instructors, but they are required to set up an account."
MOSS
(Measure of Software Similarity)
"This is software for determining similarities among
computer programs such as Java, C, C++, Paschal, Ada, Lisp,
or Scheme programs. Moss was invented in 1994, and is used
to detect plagiarism in computer programming classes. Moss
is free for instructors and staff of programming language
courses."
Plagiarism.org
"An online resource for detecting plagiarism designed
for educators and created by the students and alumni at the
University of California-Berkeley. Papers submitted to plagiarism.org
are checked using turnitin.com, dubbed the “world’s
leading plagiarism prevention system.” Plagiarism.org
and turnitin.com are recommended for both high school and
academic libraries, and are used in over 50 countries."
PlagiServ
"This free service claims to be the largest, comprehensive
local database of approximately 70,000 papers. PlagiServ allows
educators to load students’ papers in their database
and it checks phrase by phrase for signs of plagiarism. The
site also has a discussion board where people can discuss
plagiarism related issues."
"Affiliated with plagiarism.org, turnitin.com considers
itself to be “the world’s most widely recognized
and trusted resource for helping prevent Internet plagiarism.”
Turnitin.com boasts of “deterring plagiarism for nearly
5 million educators and students worldwide.” It is a
fee-based service, but provides free trials."
WordChecksystems
"This keyword document checking software is used by educators
to profile the documents of students. It identifies keyword
use in documents and alerts the person searching when there
are keyword matches. WordCheck comes in “Profiler Pro”
and “Profiler Basic” formats. An institution can
also get a site license for the software. It is a fee-based
resource."
*All annotations were taken from Patience Simmonds' Plagiarism and cyber-plagiarism: A guide to selected resources on the Web. She is a reference and instruction librarian at the John M. Lilley Library at Pennsylvania State University.