Plagiarism Detect: Your Online Resource for Detecting Plagiarism

Miss Fortune
Writing at several sites I have come across more than a few instances of plagiarism. It is more than a little unnerving to find out that someone you read often was nothing more than a thief. It also still amazes me that some people think of it as a victimless crime. If I walked up to you and stole your wallet, that would be a crime. When someone steals your work and posts it elsewhere they are taking money away from you. In most cases search engines like Google will be able to help you find sentences and exact blocks of text but they can't scan an entire paragraph or page or make comparisons to things that have "shifted text". That is when someone copies an article or passage and changes the order of the sentences.

Plagiarism Detect (www.plagiarismdetect.com) is one of the online programs that I use to see if any or all of an article, report, review or posting has been lifted / stolen from another site or writer. It does a good job with things that have been on the internet for more than fifteen days but if someone copied the latest movie or CD review, there is a chance that Plagiarism Detect won't be able to find it. You can enter a few sentences or several paragraphs on to the "analyze" box and see the results. You also have the option to upload a file which is something that is great for teachers who get reports in a file format.

The program is easy to download but can be a little confusing to navigate. Once you download it and unpack it you have to set up an account and set a password. I use FireFox so it saves my information; when I click on the icon on my toolbar I am set to go. From the main screen you simply click "free account" on the top right side and you go to the submission page. Depending on your screen darkness you may not see the "analyze" button under the text entry box. If that is the case just hover your mouse over the area.

Of the 60 or so full pages of text I have entered in to the box, over half of them showed results from other sites. You are shown the resulting sites URL as well as a direct link to it. This has saved me a good bit of time but when there are no results you should try picking out a few sentences to run through Google just to be on the safe side. I use the free version but if I continue to see strong results from PlagiarismDetect I will opt to purchase the program for thirty dollars.

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  • george chavez1/14/2010

    Good article. I never really thought about that. Of course maybe I don't write well enough for someone to steal my thunder.

  • Smorg1/13/2010

    Awesome! This will really come in handy for me. Found some of my music reviews re-posted elsewhere without any link back or byline a few times last year. Not liking that very much, too! :o)

  • Mallory Collier1/6/2010

    Ooh, all ACers need to read this! Thanks for sharing. :)

  • Bethany Marsh1/4/2010

    Excellent info.

  • Patricia Sicilia1/3/2010

    Why do WE need to detect others' plagiarism, except to report them to the admins or if you ARE an admin? I'm confused.

  • John Myers1/2/2010

    What a great resource! Thanks!

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