Is there a website like turnitin.com to check for plagiarism?

[nublikescake]

Turnitin.com is a paid website. Is there a free one that lets you copy/paste a block of text and trawl the net for exact matches of the text?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Crono]

Google.

Really, it's the best free one I know of.

 

[nublikescake]

Thanks for the quick reply Crono but what part of "a block of text" is confusing you? :hmm:

 

[Crono]

http://www.scanmyessay.com/turnitin.php

I wasn't aware that I had to adhere strictly to your requirements in the OP; I was suggesting searching using sections (in quotes) of text out of your blocks. Would work for any freely available essays cached on Google.

 

[olds]

Thanks for the quick reply Crono but what part of "a block of text" is confusing you? :hmm:

Now that you got the juvenile, condensation out of the way, what do you consider a "block of text"?

 

[speg]

Google key phrases and paragraphs or pay someone (turnitin) to do it for you.

 

[DrPizza]

turnitin may be a paid site, but it's dirt cheap. Free? Already said: google. More time consuming that way though.

 

[AreaCode707]

Thanks for the quick reply Crono but what part of "a block of text" is confusing you? :hmm:

You trying to make sure your plagiarized essay doesn't get caught by teachers, eh? Just do your own effing work.

 

[DrPizza]

Also, fwiw, turnitin has a huge database that isn't "on the Internet" - i.e. you're not going to find those documents.

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

Also, fwiw, turnitin has a huge database that isn't "on the Internet" - i.e. you're not going to find those documents.

Part of that is because their robots routinely ignore robots.txt on websites and scan everything. The larger part is their copies of paid essay websites of course.


God I hate turnitin, spent months blocking their IP addresses from my site.

 

[Gigantopithecus]

Now that you got the juvenile, condensation out of the way, what do you consider a "block of text"?

It's condescension old timer.

OP just select a short sentence, put it in quotes, and throw it google and yahoo.

 

[DrPizza]

Not only do they search beyond where they're supposed to search, but every paper that's ever been submitted to their site to be checked is also stored on their site. i.e. if your brother writes a paper at university X, and the following year, you turn in the same paper at university Y, and both universities use turnitin, you're going to be caught.

 

[nublikescake]

http://www.scanmyessay.com/turnitin.php

I wasn't aware that I had to adhere strictly to your requirements in the OP; I was suggesting searching using sections (in quotes) of text out of your blocks. Would work for any freely available essays cached on Google.

That's what I ended up doing after all.

 

[nublikescake]

Not only do they search beyond where they're supposed to search, but every paper that's ever been submitted to their site to be checked is also stored on their site. i.e. if your brother writes a paper at university X, and the following year, you turn in the same paper at university Y, and both universities use turnitin, you're going to be caught.

Hmm, interesting. This can only happen if you agree to allow them to permanently store your data when using the service. Do you have to agree to such terms before you can use the service?

 

[fatpat268]

Hmm, interesting. This can only happen if you agree to allow them to permanently store your data when using the service. Do you have to agree to such terms before you can use the service?

What I've always wondered... is it really plagiarism if you copy a large chunk of your OWN previous paper into a new essay? I mean, if I wrote an essay on a particular subject two years ago and I wrote a new essays covering something similar, I would definitely like to reuse portions of that original essay.

I've never come into this conflict, thankfully.

 

[FuzzyDunlop]

What I've always wondered... is it really plagiarism if you copy a large chunk of your OWN previous paper into a new essay? I mean, if I wrote an essay on a particular subject two years ago and I wrote a new essays covering something similar, I would definitely like to reuse portions of that original essay.

I've never come into this conflict, thankfully.

just quote/reference the portions of your previously published essay that you want to use.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

What I've always wondered... is it really plagiarism if you copy a large chunk of your OWN previous paper into a new essay? I mean, if I wrote an essay on a particular subject two years ago and I wrote a new essays covering something similar, I would definitely like to reuse portions of that original essay.

I've never come into this conflict, thankfully.

You didn't learn about self-plagiarism in English 101?

 

[Balt]

What I've always wondered... is it really plagiarism if you copy a large chunk of your OWN previous paper into a new essay? I mean, if I wrote an essay on a particular subject two years ago and I wrote a new essays covering something similar, I would definitely like to reuse portions of that original essay.

I've never come into this conflict, thankfully.

Many academic programs will claim that you can 'plagiarize yourself'. I personally think it's a load of crap, but there it is.

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

Many academic programs will claim that you can 'plagiarize yourself'. I personally think it's a load of crap, but there it is.

Yep, but the important thing is to ask. Unless it is spelled out in the student code of conduct (or equivalent) then it is probably up the the professor. This tends to become more and more of a problem as you get further into a specialized degree.

 

[olds]

It's condescension old timer.

OP just select a short sentence, put it in quotes, and throw it google and yahoo.

Ya, ya, ya. That's what I get for assuming Firefox spell check is a mind reader.

 

[fatpat268]

You didn't learn about self-plagiarism in English 101?

Can't say I ever paid attention in my english classes, and I tested out of my first year english via an AP test. That said, I never put myself in a position to plagiarize anyway, I was just hypothetically speaking.

 

[DrPizza]

What I've always wondered... is it really plagiarism if you copy a large chunk of your OWN previous paper into a new essay? I mean, if I wrote an essay on a particular subject two years ago and I wrote a new essays covering something similar, I would definitely like to reuse portions of that original essay.

I've never come into this conflict, thankfully.

Yes, it is. You need to cite yourself if you use your own work.

Hmm, interesting. This can only happen if you agree to allow them to permanently store your data when using the service. Do you have to agree to such terms before you can use the service?

Nope, I don't believe you have to agree to it. If I recall correctly, someone was making the argument that they were using other people's works without permission for profit. I don't know where that argument went though.