> I am getting increasing feedback from staff using the national
> plagiarism detection service that google can be a more effective
> way of tracking down sources than via www.submit.ac.uk -
> particularly in some business areas. I'd be interested in knowing
> whether others are experiencing similar problems - and if there are
> any strategies than can be/should be adopted.
Yes - I experienced this recently. The student had very obviously
plagiarised large amounts of his essay but when put through
submit.ac.uk, it only came up with 28% matching text (from 6
different sources). I then did I quick search via Goofle and came up
with only 2 sources that matched about 78% of the text!
Verity
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Dr E V Brack
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Institute for Lifelong Learning
University of Sheffield
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SHEFFIELD S1 4ET
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