In the digital age, the violation of the limits of intellectual property and plagiarism is commonplace. Simply apply the technique of “copy and paste” to incur this error.
Most educational institutions consider plagiarism a serious fault that can be sanctioned, not only with the disapproval of the subject, but also with the suspension and even the expulsion of the student involved.
From the popularization of this practice, teachers and students have incorporated tools to detect it easily. Next, we will indicate you some.
1) Viper
It is a software, therefore, users must download it to use it. Some of the advantages offered are the side-by-side comparison of texts and links to plagiarized works. According to what its website indicates, it has more than 10 billion sources and can be used unlimitedly and for free.
2) Turnitin
This is one of the most complete plagiarism detection tools. It has a large database and has a functionality called “Grade Mark”, which includes comments on the documents or revised texts. Likewise, it has an evaluation tool that will indicate the evolution of the writers and will prepare reports on their performance. Keep in mind that it is a paid service, if you are interested enter your website (available in Spanish) and request a quote.
3) Paper Rater
It is a very complete and free tool. In addition to determining the authenticity of a document, it is able to review its grammatical structure. In this way, it will determine the originality in the construction of the sentences and will tell if it is a translation of a translator, such as Translate Google.
Its benefits are adjusted to the needs of teachers and students. In the case of the latter, the tool will serve to correct their work and provide grammatical and syntactic suggestions. The only point against is that these features are compatible only with texts in English. If you want to learn more or download it.
4) Plagium
It is an ideal tool to verify short texts, less than 5000 characters. It works with the same modality of a search engine like Google or Yahoo: you have to enter the text, indicate where you want to search (on the web, the news and recently, in beta on social networks) and click on “search” “
If you plan to use it more than once or verify extensive texts, you will have to register and pay. The cost differs according to the number of searches you perform and number of pages.
5) Plagiarism Checker
It is a website where you can perform a search of texts, up to 300 characters, through Google and thus determine its originality. It is very simple to use, and also offers to functionality of alerts, which is a notification via email in the event that a content is generated equal to the one you searched for in the future.
6) Dupli Checker
This tool quickly and effectively detects the existence of plagiarism by copying and pasting a fragment of text with a maximum length of up to 1000 words per search. It also offers the option to upload files in Word format. The service is totally free and to do a quick search you do not need previous registration. If you want to use it, you can register, also for free, and you will have permission to make up to 50 searches a day.
