Plagiarism in Academic Writing

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Plagiarism is an important issue in academic writing which has serious consequences. Merlin Helps Students provide some examples of plagiarism. You need to learn how to avoid this form of copying.

Plagiarism: What is it and how to avoid it

Dawson, M. M.& Overfield, J. A., 2006,  Plagiarism: Do Students Know What It Is?, Bioscience education, Vol 8

Some plagiarism detection sites:

http://www.plagiarismchecker.com/

http://www.dustball.com/cs/plagiarism.checker/

http://www.articlechecker.com/

http://www.englishessays.org.uk/free-plagiarism-scanner-scan.php

Technical Review of free-text plagiarism detection software (document can be downloaded at the bottom of the page.