Sections or sentences do not relate to the overall content of the paper. Look for strange text at the top or bottom of printed pages. Look for gray letters in the text, often an indication that the page was downloaded from the web, since color letters on a screen show up gray in a printout. Essays are printed out from the student's web browser. Web addresses left at the top or bottom of the page.
Many free essays have a tag line at the end of the essay that students often miss.
Strange or poor layout. Papers that have been downloaded and re-printed often have page numbers, headings, or spacing that just don't look right. References to graphs, charts, or accompanying material that isn't there. References to professors, classes or class numbers that are not taught at Coastal Carolina University. Citations are to materials not owned by Kimbel Library or are all from another country.