Contents

 Internet Paper Mills
    Evaluating Assignments
    Commercial Services
    Non-commercial Service

Plagiarism Detection:  Internet Term Paper Mill Sites

Kimbel Library--Cheating 101:  Internet Paper Mills [http://www.coastal.edu/library/presentations/mills2.html]
Kimbel Library--Cheating 101:  Internet Subject Specific Paper Mills
[http://www.coastal.edu/library/presentations/mills5.html]
Yahoo: > Business and Economy > Shopping and Services > Writing and Editing > Academic Services > Research and Term Papers
Google: Reference > Education > Products and Services > Academic Papers > Fee Based

    Some sites try to mask their true purpose with a "disclosure" statement, stating that the site is for the purpose of research and background material and that plagiarism could be prosecuted.  Others may try to pass as a "search engine."  However, those "statements" have not always held up in court.
    Cost and product options include the completely free sites; some sites are free, but require the user to submit a paper; others have costs attached, by page or by paper; some offer "custom written" papers, and others offer "pre-written" papers.

Plagiarism Detection:  Evaluating Assignments

• Use search engines, such as Google; enter a key phrase, enclosed in quotation marks. (Staley Library)
• Search full-text databases in Atkins Library, such as Ebsco's MasterFile, Academic Search Premier, and Lexis-Nexis. (Staley Library)
• Check for website printouts; the address may appear at the top or bottom of the page. (Hinchcliffe)
• Note any unusual diction, phrasing, vocabulary or sentence structures. (Hinchcliffe)
• Check formatting; is it different from your requirements? (Hinchcliffe)
• Watch for old references. (Hinchcliffe)
• Note any passages that appear to be "added-on" to the text.  (Hinchcliffe)

Plagiarism Detection:  Commercial Services

Essay Verification Site (EVE)  [http://www.canexus.com/eve/index3.shtml]
    Free 15-day trial.  Downloadable program.
Glatt Plagiarism Services [plagiarism.com]
    Has three services: tutorial for students, detection program, and a self-detection program.
MyDropBox [mydropbox.com]
    Offers a free 30-day pilot.  Provides "Originality Report."  Has student, teacher, and administrator accounts.
*TurnItIn.Com  [turnitin.com] 
    Offered by UNC Charlotte through the Faculty Center for Teaching and eLearning [http://www.fctel.uncc.edu/products/turnitininfo.html]. Provides sample reports based on document analysis.  Offers individual, teacher, or institution accounts. The following review of turnitin.com notes that the program is based on comparing texts and that it keeps a copy of all student work that is submitted to the program: Turnitin.com, a Pedagogic Placebo for Plagiarism [http://bedfordstmartins.com/technotes/techtiparchive/ttip060501.htm]

Plagiarism Detection:  Noncommercial Service

Hole-Ize Text [http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/gn/5thwordp.html]

   Developed by Henry Schaffer at NCSU.  Cut and paste a paragraph into this site, submit it, and it returns with every fifth word missing.  Have the "suspect" fill in the words.  Low tech, but if the person authored the paper, he/she should be able to fill in the words.  This program may help identify paraphrased plagiarism that commercial programs do not detect.