Does the adoption of plagiarism-detection software in higher education reduce plagiarism?

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 749-761

  Youmans, Robert J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

academic dishonesty; plagiarism; plagiarism prevention; plagiarism detection software; styles of plagiarism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858405190     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2010.523457     Document Type: Article

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