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Balani InfoTech Pvt. Ltd. is one of the leading distributor of e-resources to the Library.About PlagiarismPlagiarism means wrongly appropriation and stealing and publication of others language, thoughts, ideas or expressions and representing it as ones own original work.

To steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's ownTo use (another's production) without crediting the sourceTo commit literary theftTo present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source

About PlagiarismPlagiarism is not always a black and white issue. The boundary between plagiarism and research is often unclear. Learning to recognize the various forms of plagiarism, especially the more ambiguous ones, is an important step towards effective prevention.

Types of Plagiarism#1. CLONESubmitting anothers work, word-for-word, as ones own#2. CTRL-CContains significant portions of text from a single source without alterations#3. FIND - REPLACEChanging key words and phrases but retaining the essential content of the source

Types of Plagiarism#4. REMIXParaphrases from multiple sources, made to fit together#5. RECYCLEBorrows generously from the writers previous work without citation#6. HYBRIDCombines perfectly cited sources with copied passages without citation

Types of Plagiarism#7. MASHUPMixes copied material from multiple sources#8. 404 ERRORIncludes citations to non-existent or inaccurate information about sources#9. AGGREGATORIncludes proper citation to sources but the paper contains almost no original work#10. RE-TWEETIncludes proper citation, but relies too closely on the texts original wording and/or structure

What is Turnitin?Its anInternet-basedplagiarism-prevention service created by iParadigms, LLC, first launched in 1997.It is a cloud based web tool which is used for evaluating students work.One of the most widely distributed educational applications in the world, which is used by more than 15,000 institutions in 140 countries to manage the submission, tracking and evaluation of student work online.

Why Turnitin needed?To deter plagiarismTo hold students accountableTo determine the similarity of text to sourcesTo enhance teaching and student learning

How Turnitin worksTurnitin check papers at 3 layers as follows:-

Cross Ref (it contains more than 5900+ publishers )Current and archived internet, Student Paper repository

Roles in TurnitinAdministratorInstructorStudent

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