1. TurnItIn
Four UC Berkeley graduate students designed a peer review application to use for their classes — thus, TurnItIn was born. Eventually, that prototype developed into one of the most recognizable names in plagiarism detection.
TurnItIn, which processed over 60 million academic papers in 2011, is accessible for a fee per educator. Free quotes are available on the website.
Students can use TurnItIn's WriteCheck service to maintain proper citations and to access various writing tools. Teachers can ask students to submit their papers through the service as a first measure.
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If we've learned one thing from the Jonah Lehrer plagiarism debacle it's that copying or falsifying your work just isn't worth it. Last month, The New Yorker writer resigned from his position at the magazine after admitting to fabricating quotes in his latest book, as well as borrowing from his own articles at other publications.
Plagiarism is as much a serious offense in the academic world as it is in journalism. Most high schools and universities take extreme disciplinary action if a student is caught cheating or plagiarizing, often leading to suspension or expulsion.
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We've rounded up 10 online services that check text for plagiarism. Whether you're an educator looking to verify your students' work, or a student looking to make sure you haven't overstepped "paraphrasing," you'll find something here that can help.
Note: Many of these services support English text only.
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This story originally published on Mashable here.
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