Using Internet based paraphrasing tools: Original work, patchwriting or facilitated plagiarism?

International Journal for Educational Integrity

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Rogerson, Ann M ^a   McCarthy, Grace ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academic integrity; Internet tools; Machine translation; Paraphrasing; Paraphrasing tools; Patchwriting; Plagiarism; Turnitin

Indexed keywords

EID: 85022190529     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18332595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40979-016-0013-y     Document Type: Article

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