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2007 Annual International CHRIE Conference & Exposition 
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STUDENT PLAGIARISM: CAN ‘TURITIN.COM’ TURN IT OFF? 
John T. Self
Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona) 
California State Polytechnic University 
Pomona, California, USA 
and 
Jeff Brown 
Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona) 
California State Polytechnic University 
Pomona, California, USA 
 
ABSTRACT 
This paper examines a problem increasingly seen in academia: students submitting plagiarized work as 
their own. The article reports findings of an evaluation of university student work using an electronic plagiarism 
detection service “Turnitin.com.” Discussed is a comprehensive definition of plagiarism, the culture of plagiarism, 
the use of detection software and the value of the software as a teaching tool.
Key words:
plagiarism, detection, evaluation, scholarship