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Plagiarism -- Investigation
Prevention and Detection | Additional Resources
There are four methods that can be used during the investigation process:
- Search full-text proprietary library databases;
- Search Internet search engines;
- Search within paper mills;
- Use a plagiarism detection service.
Below is a list of some the major proprietary databases (grouped by subject content) available from the Baylor University Libraries that contain the full text of articles or books. All of these databases provide an option to search for a phrase in the full text of a document -- often in the "Advanced Search" options. Select a suspicious phrase from the paper in question and search for that phrase, using the full text option, in an appropriate database to see if it can be found in a published book or article.
If you have questions about effective search strategies, ask for assistance at one of the reference desks (Social Sciences and Humanities -- 710.2122 or Science/Engineering -- 710.2328).
Some times information is taken from the full text of documents found on the Internet. Use the phrase searching capabilities of major Internet search engines to search for suspicious text in a document found on the Internet. A good resource for identifying the largest search engines is Search Engine Showdown.
If you have questions about effective search strategies, ask for assistance at one of the reference desks (Social Sciences and Humanities -- 710.2122 or Science/Engineering -- 710.2328).
Enclose phrase in quotes or use the Advance Search option. Enclose phrase in quotes or use the Advance Search option. Enclose phrase in quotes or use the Advance Search option. Enclose phrase in quotes or use the Advance Search option.
Search for suspicious phrases in the Internet paper mills for which there are search capabilities. There are a tremendous number of Internet paper mills in existence. Three excellent resources for identifying them are:
- Kimbel Library Internet Paper Mills, Coastal Carolina University
- The
Google Directory Fee-based Academic Papers
- The
Google Directory Free Academic Papers
Below is a list of fee-based plagiarism detection services currently available, with a brief description of each one. Note, these tools are useful for identifying potential plagiarism, but instructors must still investigate to see it the tool spotted plagiarism or was unable to interpret incorrectly cited information.
NOTE: Baylor University is currently subscribed to the TurnItIn Plagiarism detection/prevention service.
- CiteMaster -- Produced by Knowledge
Ventures, this service is to be implemented in September 2002. Current
information states that submitted papers will be compared against "a
database of more than 2 million files containing essays aimed at high
school students and college undergraduates."
- CopyCatch
-- This service uses software that is installed on a local computer or
a network. The comparisons are run on papers turned in for a single class,
as opposed to a database of papers or resources that might be available
on the web.
- EduTie -- Similar to TurnItIn.com,
this is a web-based service to which the papers are submitted and compared
to resources in the database, with the results (including hypertext links
to similar web pages or papers) are available within 12 hours of submission.
Free trial available.
Caution: According to Lou Bloomfield PlagiServe and EduTie share IP addresses with a number of term paper mills.
- Essay Verification Engine Eve2
-- This service uses software that is installed on a local computer. The
software is used to identify the papers (files stored in text file format
on the local computer) to be checked against a database located on the
Internet. Results are returned within a matter of minutes (depending on
the number of and length of files to be checked). Free trial available.
- Glatt Plagiarism Screening Program
-- This service could be used to verify suspected plagiarism in that the
software removes every fifth word, leaving a standard space in place of
the word. The writer of the paper is expected to accurately replace those
words, within a reasonable time. This company also provides the Glatt
Plagiarism Teaching Program and the Glatt Plagiarism Self-Detection program
to help educate students about plagiarism.
- PlagiServe -- A free version
of EduTie.
Caution: According to Lou Bloomfield PlagiServe and EduTie share IP addresses with a number of term paper mills.
- TurnItIn.com -- Similar to EduTie,
this is a web-based service to which papers are submitted and compared
to resources in the database, with the results of the comparison (including
hyperlinks to web pages or other papers with the same text) sent to the
instructor.
Caution: There is an issue of copyright raised because all papers submitted to TurnItIn are retained in the TurnItIn database. Some institutions have chosen not to use TurnItIn because of potential legal problems; others are using it, but faculty must make students aware that their paper is kept in the TurnItIn database. (Foster) Privacy is another area of concern because the students' names are associated with the submitted papers.
- WordCheck -- Similar to CopyCatch, WordCheck resides on a local computer and uses a local database to "help identify key word use in documents to assist in the identification and analysis of intellectual property. It specifically allows classroom teachers college professors to develop and maintain key-word profiles of classroom essays, and helps determine re-use of previously submitted assignments." Free trial available.
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