Some are commercial programs. Before using these first read this article which shows the pitfalls and dangers of trying to rely too much on screening technologies. IntegriGuard Summary Students should be made aware of the nature of plagiarism and why it is condemned. Institutions should have well defined policies and teachers should make some effort to occasionally check and screen term papers and assignments to discourage plagiarism. If there are rules about plagiarism then they should be policed and violations punished.
All parties being aware of the problem is often enough to eliminate it.
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