Detection Software
- Detection Software – web- and desktop-based
products
- Products that are no longer available (please note that many URLs are still functional, but are no longer focused on anti-plagiarism products)
- EduTie.com
- FindSame.com
- HowOriginal.com
- IntegriGuard.com
- Paperbin.com
- PlagiServe.com
- WordCheck Keyword Software
- Limitations
- students cannot summit their own papers
- not compatible with .html or vice-versa
- cannot access subscription databases
- requires papers to be submitted to paper archival database for comparison
- Comparative Studies
- Comparison of Plagiarism Detection Services, Theresa Gillis and Janeanne Rockwell-Kincanon, Western Oregon University, presented at Online Northwest 2000 conference(8/02) – compares six products – http://www.wou.edu/provost/library/about/staff/kincanon/plagiarism/chart.htm
- Detection Tools and Methods, Center for Intellection Property, University of Maryland University College, Virtual Academic Integrity Laboratory (1996-) – provides information on online and desktop plagiarism detection tools - http://www.umuc.edu/distance/odell/cip/vail/faculty/detection_tools/choosing_online.html
- EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research Bulletin, Marie Groark and Diane Oblinger (5/01) – compares five products on ongoing fee, searches as proprietary database, searches the Internet, process time, product target (e.g. high school vs. colleges and universities) - http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ECRB0101.pdf
- Plagiarism Detection Programs: A Comparative Evaluation, Rosalind Tedford, Wake Forest University, College and University Media Review, Spring/Summer 2003, 9 (2), p. 111-18 – compares three products - article
- Overview of Plagiarism Detection Software, The University of Melbourne, The Centre for the Study of Higher Education, compares eleven products, primarily on features and notes pros and cons - http://www.cshe.unimelb.edu.au/assessinglearning/03/plagsoftsumm1.html
- Plagiarism Detection Services, Renoir Gaither, Shapiro Undergraduate Library, University of Michigan (11/04) – compares twelve products – http://www.lib.umich.edu/acadintegrity/instructors/violations/detection.htm
- Plagiarism in natural and programming languages: an overview of current tools and technologies, Paul Clough, Department of Computer Science, University of Sheffield (7/00) – compares nineteen products, primarily focused on computer program comparison products – http://www.dcs.shef.ac.uk/%7Ecloughie/papers/Plagiarism.pdf
- A Review of Electronic Services for Plagiarism Detection in Student Submissions, Fintan Culwin and Thomas Lancaster, School of Computing, South Bank University (2000) – compares four products – http://www.ics.ltsn.ac.uk/pub/conf2000/Papers/culwin.htm
- Technical Review of Plagiarism Detection Software Report, Joanna Bull, Carol Collins, Elisabeth Coughlin, Dale Sharp, University of Luton, Computer Assisted Assessment Centre (8/01) – compares five products on criteria, such as reliability, suitability for mass use, pricing, vendor stability, speed of response, technical support - http://www.jisc.ac.uk/uploaded_documents/luton.pdf
- Types
- online vs. desktop
- text vs. computer programs
- categories (from University of Maryland University College’s Virtual Academic Integrity Laboratory, http://www.umuc.edu/distance/odell/cip/vail/faculty/detection_tools/popup_type.html)
- collusion – instances where students within one class or over several semesters or years may have re-cycled the same work or are working too closely together
- cut & paste – plagiarized text that has been taken from a web or electronic source and used without attribution
- fraud – submitting a complete text written by someone other than yourself for assessment
- Controversies
- New Tack Against Term Paper Providers,” Doug Lederman, Inside Higher Ed, 9/2/05
- Journal Publishers Turn to Software to Root Out Plagiarism by Scholars,” Scott Carlson,
The Chronicle of Higher Education, 6/10/05, 51 (40), p. A27
- Notes efforts by journal publishers to identify plagiarism and self-plagiarism (re-publishing of work).
- article
- Plagiarism-detection tools creates legal quandary,” Andrea L. Foster, The Chronicle of Higher Education, 5/17/02, 48 (36), p. A37
- Notes concerns over copyright and privacy for students when anti-plagiarism service requires submission of students paper to a database.
- article
- Anti-Plagiarism Experts Raise Questions About Services With Links to Sites Selling Papers,” Jeffrey R. Young, The Chronicle of Higher Education, 3/12/02, Information Technology section
Paper Mills
Detection Strategy - Phrase Searching
- Put questionable phrase in quotation marks and search:
Sources
Presented on November 16, 2005
Jennifer Hootman, Instructional Services Librarian
Chad Kahl, Coordinator for Library Instruction and Information Literacy
Illinois State University, Milner Library
Campus Box 8900
Normal, IL 61790-8900
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