Detecting Plagiarism
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Tracking down
the original source
- Using Web search tools, such as Google, (http://www.google.com), Metacrawler (http://www.metacrawler.com), etc.
| Exercise to try in your office |
- Using detection software
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Resource |
Cost |
Comments |
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Eve
(Essay Verification Engine) |
$19.99 per instructor, unlimited use; free trial |
Thorough Internet text searches; gives URLs, % plagarized, etc. |
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Glatt Plagiarism Services |
$250-300 each for teaching program and screening program; Free self-detection progam on Web (or $60 for CD-ROM) |
Used by many institutions including Colgate, Pepperdine, US Naval Academy, UCLA, etc. |
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MOSS (Measure Of Software Similarity) |
Free (on Web) |
Measures similarity of C, C++, Java, Pascal, Ada, ML, Lisp, or Scheme programs. Used in programming classes. |
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Turnitin (from Plagiarism.org) Available at Old Dominion University
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Depends on plan and enrollment. Approximately fifty cents per student per academic year. Campus license or plans for individual instructors ($100 for 6 classes) and academic depts. ($750 for 50 classes) available. Free trial |
Compares term papers with archives of paper mills, does Web searches to look for similarities, and compares essays with papers from previous semesters and other universities. Within 24 hours, the company sends a report of its findings to instructor by e-mail. |
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WCopyfind |
Free at present |
Designed by UVa physics professor. Compares text or word processed (not Web) documents with one another to determine if they share words in phrases. Available from Plagiarism Resource Center.P |
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Wordcheck
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Varies $95 to $495 depending on version |
Analyzes keywords and frequencies & presents percentage of match. |
CopyCatch (UK): DetectaCopias (Spanish): MyDropBox.com (bought out from PagiServe): |
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