Check Your Writing for Plagiarism

Your professor may use a plagiarism detection service called www.turnitin.com. At this site, professors may check any electronically submitted text for plagiarism against a variety of sources including the Internet and previously turned in papers for their own class or any other class worldwide where the professor has access to this service. If you are concerned about plagiarism in your own writing, you may want to ask your professor or tutor for help using this service. Or, you may simply want to access information, such as how to cite references or evaluate Internet research, at http://cet.sfsu.edu/plagiarism101.

If your class is already using www.turnitin.com and you need more information about how to use it, please call Desiree oliver for SFSU student support. You can contact Desiree by phone at 415-405-3540 or email doliver@sfsu.edu.