Turnitoff: Identifying and fixing a hole in current plagiarism detection software

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 647-660

  Heather, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic misconduct; Jisc; Jisc pas; Plagiarism; Plagiarism detection; Turnitin

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955569624     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2010.486471     Document Type: Article

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