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PLAGIARISM IN CYBERSPACE:
Sources, Prevention, Detection, and Other Information

CONTENTS

Introduction

Academic Integrity at CSUS

Sources of Plagiarism

Prevention Techniques for Students

Copyright

Services to Detect Plagiarism

Center for Academic Integrity

Honor/Academic Integrity Codes

Bibliography

Services to Detect Plagiarism

Detection Software for CSU Stanislaus

Turnitin.com

CSU Stanislaus now provides access to Turnitin.com, a detection service for plagiarism. Student papers may be electronically submitted and compared to (1) a database of student papers and (2) pages on the Internet/Web. An Originality Report is then received by the faculty member indicating which sections (if any) of the paper have been plagiarized.

Other Detection Services

CopyCatch

"CopyCatch allows rapid checking of the work of a whole class or group for the level of words shared by any pair."

EVE2 (Essay Verification Engine)

"Accepts essays in plain text, Microsoft, Word, or Corel Word Perfect format and returns links to Web pages from which a student may have plagiarized."

Glatt Plagiarism Services

Provides three software programs: (1) Plagiarism Teaching Program, (2) Screening Program, and (3) Self-Detection Program.

Moss (Measure of Software Similarity)

Used for software plagiarism detection.

Plagiarism Resource Center (University of Virginia)

Free software developed by Professor Bloomfield at the University of Virginia.

WordCHECK KeyWORD Software

WordCHECK RA (Research and Analysis Software). Available to individual researcher and/or groups.

Prepared by Laura M. Boyer, CSU Stanislaus Library
Technical assistance by Rick Dietz and Loretta Blakeley
Technical maintenance by the
CSUS Library (wwwlibrary@wwwlibrary.csustan.edu)
Prepared April 16, 2002; revised November 19, 2007