Plagiarism!

Plagiarism is a problem that we have all learned about since the beginning of our academic careers. According to the Merriam-Webster Online dictionary, to 'plagiarize' means "to steal and pass off the ideas and words of another as one's own, to use another's production without crediting the source, to commit literary theft, or to present as new an original idea or product derived from an existing source." 


As we grow older and further into our academic lives, plagiarism has continued to rise with no end in sight. Technology has played a large role in the advancement of plagiarism as it allows students to easily access the Internet and find just about any topic one may be looking for. It seems in todays society a student can just as easily type in an essay question and find multiple links to websites of which provide students with full essays or detailed notes, making it shockingly easy for one to cheat. As well as these websites, the Internet is full of millions of online databases where all too often students are able to just 'Copy and Paste' the words of another into their own papers. 


Throughout the years, technological advances have also allowed teachers and faculty to fight back against plagiarism. Internet website tools such as Turnitin, iThenticate, WriteCheck, and Turnitin For Admissions allow teachers to precisely check the amount of similarities found between a students work to that of similar works found on the Internet. Although such sites are not always perfect, these tools have been very helpful in the battle against plagiarism. 




I was able to find much is this information through: Plagiarism.org