EVE Plagiarism Detection System

Posted on:March 20, 2009

No wonder EVE plagiarism detection software is so popular. With all the essay databases, teachers are going crazy. To have at least some control of the situation, they use all kinds of plagiarism detection tools.
 
EVE plagiarism detection systems (essay verification engines) work following a typical scheme. It is not Internet-based. You will need to pay a certain price to use EVE plagiarism detection software or trial it for free during several days. EVE plagiarism detection software checks essays against a certain base of materials placed online.
 
Such EVE plagiarism detection system is used to check the content of an essay to discover whether a student cheated or not. Teachers use it actively these days. This is why for all of you cheaters reading this, keep in mind – even if you purchase or download not a very reliable but a very cheap essay paper, at least read it and try to rewrite sentences basing on the ideas and sources already researched for you.
 
Certainly, EVE plagiarism software is not almighty. It works only with concrete programs and formats. So, you can inhale and sigh with relief. However, EVE plagiarism detection system proved to be extremely effective even though somehow narrowed down, so the cheaters are still in danger.
 
Do not hope that the teacher will leave you along with your manipulations. An experienced one will clearly see or at least suspect something. Plus, teachers have this really weird habit to memorize each student’s style and manner of writing. So, if there are major differences in a short period of time, be sure your paper will be scanned for plagiarism, if it has not been yet.

Copyright Infringement - Bad Things about It!

Posted on:February 19, 2009

Copyright infringement…Wow, it sounds so complicated. However, in reality, copyright infringement can be defined using three words: stealing someone’s work. Copyright infringement is usually illegal, since it violates copyright laws.
 
Let us look at some examples of copyright infringement.
 
First example of copyright infringement: downloading music and movies.
 
This is a very popular type of “sharing” music and movies, but this is actually piracy, which is illegal. This example of copyright infringement proves that the techniques and tools for fighting against piracy has not been found yet, since hundreds of people continue distributing pirated copies of movies and music. Even the warnings about copyright laws and punishment for “camming” a movie do not help today - people continue making money on stealing and selling somebody’s ideas.
 
Second example of copyright infringement: plagiarizing written works.
 
This example of copyright infringement belongs to the category of high school/university rules’ violations that can even lead to expulsion. Plagiarizing somebody’s work and presenting it as your own is another type of piracy, since you have no right to use this work unless you cite it properly. So, be careful about plagiarizing - you can get caught very easily and get punished very severely.
 
These two examples of copyright infringement are the most common ones that we face every day. However, everything is up to us - we can either ignore this issue or do something about it. Certainly, you do not find these issues appealing until you produce a worthwhile piece of writing, music, video and it gets stolen and spread over the Internet. Only then, you will realize that copyright infringement should be prevented by all possible means.
 
So, if you decide to fight against copyright infringement, you should start with yourself, never copying or recording information that belongs to somebody.

How to Prevent Plagiarism: Teachers’ Concerns

Posted on:February 13, 2009

When we talk about plagiarism, there are at least two interested subjects - a student and a teacher - involved in this issue…
 
Certainly, interests of these two subjects are different, if not even opposite. This would be wrong to say that students are interested in promoting plagiarism or that teachers do everything possible to catch those who plagiarize. The issue is much more complicated: students, when under pressure, start taking advantage of plagiarism, and teachers, in order to promote justice and fairness, start inventing ways to prevent plagiarism.
 
So, let us turn to the causes of plagiarism, i.e. why students still plagiarize:

  • Students are overwhelmed with assignments.

    Would it not be wiser for teachers who want to prevent plagiarism to simply give students less assignments and try to consider the fact that students have to complete assignments for other subjects as well?

  • Students hope that anti-plagiarism software will not be used to check their work.

    Would it not be better for teachers to remind students about software he/she uses to prevent plagiarism?

  • Students do not have good research skills to make their own findings, rather than to plagiarize.

    Would it not be smarter for a teacher who is struggling to prevent plagiarism to give students additional support in research, explaining different citation styles, research methods, etc.?

Whenever you have a problem, it is always better to start from its origin and cause. So, if these recommendations on how to prevent plagiarism were considered by teachers, this problem would not be so disturbing, continuously growing and developing.

Certainly, these causes cannot serve as good excuses for plagiarism. So, dear students, do everything possible not to plagiarize!

Types of Plagiarism

Posted on:February 7, 2009

Would you ever steal something from your friend’s house? No?!
Would you ever consider stealing from a supermarket? No?!
Then, how can you even think about stealing someone’s ideas without citing them in a proper way?
 
This article is intended to help you learn all types of plagiarism for you to avoid it in the future.
 
Analyzing plagiarism, we can distinguish the following types of “theft”:

  • Plagiarizing the whole piece of writing. A student takes somebody’s paper and presents it as his/her own. Any plagiarism analyzer will easily detect such violation. This is really the worst case, since a student does it intentionally, completely neglecting all moral values.
  • “Photocopying” some paragraphs. Students find their paper too short or lack some good arguments, so they decide to “borrow” another author’s ideas, which is just as bad as the first case.
  • Mixing different plagiarized sources. Conducting our plagiarism analysis, we have noticed that this is another widespread case, when students are being “creative” and trying to combine different plagiarized sentences into one piece. This will also be detected by a plagiarism analyzer as well.
  • Complete lack of original ideas. When a plagiarism analyzer scans students’ papers, it appears that they do not have a high percentage of plagiarism, but neither have they any of their own ideas. This means that either students do not understand the subject, or they are unable to produce any good ideas on it.
  • Finally, unintentional plagiarism also occurs. Some students hurry so much, that they forget to include such information as the writer’s name, the date of publication, or any other required information. Plagiarism analyzer program will still indicate these minor mistakes, but students might just lose few points for that.

So, keep in mind that all your papers will be scanned by some anti-plagiarism analyzer, so do not take the risk of being severely punished.

The Worst Paper Is Better than a Plagiarized One!

Posted on:January 30, 2009

Here is a story: you are not very motivated to write this paper. You think that this assignment is kind of useless, with no positive impact on your knowledge or your final grade. So, you decide to relax and, for the first time in your life, you decide to plagiarize. You do not copy/paste the whole piece you find on the Internet, but you combine a few papers, copy/pasting the best parts of each source found. You think - everybody is doing it, so why cannot I do it once in my life?
 
Hundreds of students share your logic, by the way. However, this logic does not work with any online plagiarism finder .You see, plagiarism finder software does not identify whether this is the first time you plagiarize or not, and it simply shows the percentage of plagiarism. It is a program, it completely lacks emotions like compassion or understanding.
 
The majority of teachers use a certain plagiarism finder to make sure that all students are treated in the same way. Your teacher is not dreaming to catch you on plagiarizing, but he/she wants to see how hard you work, how much effort you put into your research. And such plagiarism finder is a great way to make the process of grading more fair, you should understand this.
 
After this plagiarism finder shows the percentage of plagiarism, your teacher decides whether your work can be considered original or not. Usually, the percentage of plagiarism should be no more than 5-7 percent, otherwise you will have troubles.
 
By the way, you can check whether your paper contains any instances of plagiarism and avoid all the troubles. Just search for some plagiarism finder online (it is not a plagarism finder or a plagerism finder; make sure you spell it correctly).
 
So, we advise you to think twice before you decide to plagiarize. It is better to produce a bad paper rather than a plagiarized one. And you can definitely prepare a good paper that deserves a high grade – just find some motivation!

Avoiding Plagiarism by all Means

Posted on:January 22, 2009

You probably do not want to have problems at school or university. Then you should always avoid plagiarism, even if it seems to be the only way out.

Hopefully, you do not need an extensive explanation how plagiarism can harm your academic record, reputation, and you fully realize the negative consequences of plagiarizing. On the other hand, not everybody knows how to avoid plagiarism, so this should become the key issue of our discussion.

Here are some ways to avoid plagiarism:

  • You need to paraphrase in order to avoid plagiarism. However, finding some synonyms and replacing the original text with them is not a good way out. You need to use your own words and even your own ideas to explain what the original author meant, disclosing his/her main idea.
  • You should take advantage of the quotation marks. If you have to use exact words of this particular author, simply put them in quotation marks and cite according to the required style. This is an easy solution to your problem. However, if you use too many quotations, your paper will make a bad impression.
  • Thus, another way to avoid plagiarism is to cite your sources. Different writing styles set different requirements for citing sources, but you usually need to mention the name of the author, date of publication, and title of the used source.
  • Finally, you should not avoid using plagiarism software, since this way you can make sure that your paper is non-plagiarized.
    If you have some other ideas on how you can avoid plagiarism - go ahead and share your thoughts. However, if you do not intend to plagiarize, the percentage of unintended plagiarism remains to be very low.

Plagiarism: Why Does It Occur?

Posted on:January 16, 2009

Have you ever wondered why do some students plagiarize? Our plagiarism analyzer team was working on this issue for quite a long time and here are the things we have found out:

  • Students are under pressure of numerous assignments. We have noticed this trend: the more subjects or classes students take, the higher probability of plagiarizing. This is completely logical - if you have Calculus, Chemistry, Physics, and American History projects coming up next week, you will probably consider plagiarizing to save some time.
  • Plagiarism is not always intentional. Our plagiarism analyzer team has found out that sometimes plagiarism pops out due to some citation rules violations, not because students wanted to “steal” somebody’s ideas.
  • Another interesting finding of our plagiarism analyzer team is that many students plagiarize because they see that their peers do this without being punished. So, this is an issue of fairness: why cannot I plagiarize if my best friend does it all the time without being caught?!
  • One more common trend related to the issue of plagiarism is that students do not find it necessary to paraphrase information or research they have found. They are thinking: “I will not say better than this smart researcher did, so why should I bother doing it?”
  • Finally, our plagiarism analyzer team made a conclusion that the more teachers take advantage of anti-plagiarism programs and inform students about their anti-plagiarism measures, the less students actually try to plagiarize intentionally.



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Pros and Cons of Plagiarizing

Posted on:January 9, 2009

Every day we face some controversial issues that cannot be interpreted in one way. Plagiarism belongs to this kind of issues: until you face the problem of lack of your own ideas, you may passionately argue against plagiarism. So, it can be said that the issue of plagiarism is neither “white”, nor “black”. It is just there.
 
Imagine if you were asked to act as a plagiarism analyzer and evaluate all pros and cons of this issue. What would you say?
 
Here are some ideas for your plagiarism analysis:

  1. Plagiarism is a good thing in terms of saving time and efforts. You do not have to try to come up with your own ideas, but you can simply copy/paste some author’s points.
  2. Plagiarism is a bad thing, since you can get caught on it and be severely punished for it. Some universities may even expel you for plagiarizing, so this is actually a very serious issue.
  3. Plagiarism is easy to indicate, especially if you have some anti-plagiarism software, a reliable plagiarism analyzer. Many teachers take advantage of these programs, do not underestimate them. So, make sure to put everything into your own words.
  4. Plagiarism is not always so evident, especially if you paraphrase what you read. In fact, if you use your own words to summarize a text, you will never be accused of plagiarism.



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Finding the Best Plagiarism Software

Posted on:December 30, 2008

There are two most common cases of using software to check plagiarism: teachers who want to run students’ papers through a plagiarism checker, and students who want to check whether their papers contain a high percentage of plagiarism.
 
In both cases, both teachers and students look for free and reliable software to check papers for plagiarism. So, probably you are a student and you want to make sure that your paper, or the paper you ordered, is non-plagiarized (or contains a low percentage of plagiarism).
 
What is the best way to check for plagiarism? Certainly, you will not do it yourself, but let software do this work for you. What software to check for plagiarism should you choose?
 
There is a great variety of choices. You just need to “google” some of the best software to check plagiarism. So, just type into a search box the key words, such as plagiarism checking software, and you will get a list of them. Make sure you do not type in something like “how to check for plagerism”, since you will end up with a low quality checker, if any.
 
Before you choose software to check the level of plagiarism in your paper, we advise you to compare at least three, or even more, available options. You never know what additional bonuses you can get by using a new software program. For example, some software programs can check for plagiarism and correct some mistakes, identifying weak parts of your paper.

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Online Plagiarism Checker: How Does It Work

Posted on:December 26, 2008

Would you like to know all the secrets of your teacher? Most likely, yes. Especially, if this can help you improve your grades.
 
Well, if your teacher is a fan of all kinds of anti-plagiarism programs, this article is a great opportunity for you to learn how these online plagiarism checkers work.
 
Interested? Continue reading!
 
An online plagiarism checker is a program where you upload any of your writings (your original ones, hopefully) and get a result of how high the percentage of plagiarism is.
 
Some students think that online plagiarism checkers are too complicated to use for their teachers to take advantage of them. Well, these students are completely wrong: even a seven years old child could check your complicated paper for plagiarism. So, dear students, your teachers have no problem running these kinds of online plagiarism checkers.
 
Many students believe that if they take only one sentence from a source, without citing it properly, nobody will notice that. To tell the truth, an online plagiarism checker will identify this sentence within few moments, highlighting it in red and showing the sources this sentence was stolen from. So, this online plagiarism checker is rather smart, isn’t it?!
 
Teachers love using all kinds of online plagiarism checkers, because they are often free of charge, designed by professionals to help educators identify plagiarism. Some anti-plagiarism programs are so sophisticated that even a paraphrased part can be detected.

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