There are many resources available online to assist students in avoiding plagiarism. Here is a quick guide to some of them that I researched. Let me know of any other good ones you find.
Plagiarism.org is a great website to help students avoid plagiarism. It defines plagiarism, has information on citing sources and a question and answer feature for individual queries. It also has a WriteCheck feature where students can submit their papers for a fee before officially submittinng it through Turnitin. It uses the same technology as Turnitin so students will know exactly how much of their paper matches other sources. At almost 8 dollars per paper it may seem a bit pricey but there is a discount for multiple submissions and you also get your grammar checked. You can choose to pay extra to get your paper progfessionally critiqued.
A similar idea can be found at Grammarly.com which is essentially a grammar checker that claims it can correct up to 10 times more mistakes than popular word processors and correct over 250 types of grammatical mistakes. Like WriteCheck, it can also be used to check your papers for plagiarism before submission for a fee. It will check papers for plagiarism againtst 8 billion documents. The site gives you an opportunity to try before you buy so you can see if the features available are suited to your needs. I would recommend either of these sites for students if you arerequired to submit a large amount of papers through anti-plagiarism software.
The NUI Galway WRAP page is of particular interest to students of that University but would be helpful to all students. WRAP stands for Writing, Referencing & Avoiding Plagiarism and it contains a lot of very useful infomation on how to write better papers that adhere to the University's guidelines. It gives the official Uiversity's definition of plagiarism and explains the procedures that will be followed if a student is suspected of plagiarism. It contains information on proper referencing as well as online tutorials and a quiz that gives a good understanding of what constitutes plagiarism.
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