“Plagiarism is the illegal use under one’s name of someone else’s work” (Great Soviet Encyclopedia). In fact, the concept of plagiarism does not have a clear definition. For example, the coincidence of thoughts and ideas is not a theft, but word for word rewritten text, that is, the design of this very idea, is considered plagiarism.
You will need
- - a computer
- - Internet access
- - source text
- - some time
Instruction manual
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If you want to check your work for plagiarism, then there is nothing easier. For starters, remember if you saw the same descriptions and metaphors somewhere else. Check the sources used at the time of writing. It’s better not to rewrite the information diligently, but to explain it in your own words, putting your own thoughts and opinions into it.
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You can check the work downloaded or bought on the Internet online. For example, on the site http://istio.com/rus/text/analyz/ you can not only make sure the uniqueness of your text, but also gather a lot of other useful information about it. Spell checking, text analysis and a kernel dictionary will help you in the future to build your work correctly, taking into account all the subtleties of writing text and its subsequent placement on the Internet.
3
The site http://www.copyscape.com/ will help you determine the uniqueness of the finished text already posted on the site. This is convenient when you yourself or someone else posted an unverified work on the Internet. By entering the site URL in the search bar, you can check both Russian and English content.
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Perhaps the most famous system for checking for plagiarism is http://www.antiplagiat.ru/QuickCheck.aspx . This site is popular with both students and teachers. In general, it was created for them. Many universities in Russia have already signed the necessary agreements and use the system to check their wards.
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Well, the simplest check for originality is to copy part of the test to the search engine string. It is enough to put in quotation marks a few words from your work, and the Internet will provide you with similar texts.
