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  Encouraging Academic Honesty through Anti-plagiarism Software
  RajeevVij
  NavinKumar Soni
  GayasMakhdumi
  Abstract
  This article aims to introduce LIS professionals to plagiarism, its types, some famous cases and the
  numerous library web sites devoted to this important issue. Plagiarism by students and researchers
  in academic and research institutions is an old but ever growing problem. The proliferation of paper
  mills, full text databases, and World Wide Web pages has made plagiarism a bigger problem in
  academia. The easy availability of electronic information through Internet creates a challenge for
  librarians, who must be well informed not only to detect and deter plagiarism, but also to educate
  their users about its ill effects.
  This article also enumerates reasons for increase in plagiarism cases, how to avoid plagiarism, do’s
  and don’ts of plagiarism, and finally prevention and punishment for plagiarism. Use of plagiarism
  detection tools can not only deter but also assist faculty to combat this form of academic dishonesty.
  In this article various anti-plagiarism tools have been enumerated and the advantages and
  disadvantages of using these automated texts matching software’s are discussed and analyzed in
  brief. The librarian’s role in informing masses about ill effect of plagiarism is also highlighted.
  Keywords:
  Plagiarism,Text Matching Software,Anti-plagiarism
  1. Introduction
  While academic dishonesty is not a new
  phenomenon, there is no agreement about why
  plagiarism is so prevalent in the academic world. It
  is broadly acknowledged that online plagiarism is
  really high because of the easy availability of
  information.
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  The exponential growth in scholarly
  publications, makes it harder for faculty and
  instructor to detect the plagiarized sources. Goggle
  as todayis probablythe most popular search engine
  and an effective tool to detect plagiarism on the
  Internet.
  Todayeditors and reviewers ofall scholarlyjournals
  look for the followin

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• Viper plagiarism software freeware download – A free university plagiarism scanning tool for students and teachers. – Best Freeware Download

  tags: plagiarism, viper

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