Self-plagiarism or appropriate textual re-use?

Journal of Academic Ethics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 193-205

  Bretag, Tracey ^a   Mahmud, Saadia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electronic detection; Self plagiarism; Textual re use; Turnitin

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952878632     PISSN: 15701727     EISSN: 15728544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10805-009-9092-1     Document Type: Article

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