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Orange Park: PLAGIARISM

700 Blanding Blvd. Ste. 16 Orange Park, FL 32605

WHAT IS PLAGIARISM?

Plagiarism is an act of fraud! It involves both stealing someone else’s work and lying about it afterward.  This infographic from Turnitin gives a thorough explanation of the most frequent types of plagiarism and how it may appear in a document.

PLAGIARISM QUIZZES AND EXERCISES

The Indiana University Bloomington School of Education has tutorials and practice tests on How to Recognize Plagiarism

Practice exercises on avoiding plagiarism from William H. Sandlier, Inc.

Practice exercises from Cardiff University


Acknowledging Resources tutorial from the University of Texas Arlington libraries

Quoting, Paraphrasing & Summarising  - help from the University of Arizona

 

FREE PLAGIARISM CHECKERS

"FREE" does not mean absolutely free. Often, there are limitations to what services are available for free.  

Some of these include:

  • maximum number of pages/words per search
  • maximum number of entries per day/month
  • search or download may be "deliberately" slow - so you decide to upgrade to a paying model if you're impatient
  • looks at word choice, grammar, spelling
  • searches material online

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