How to use Turnitin.com
Standard Information
Getting Started
Testimonials
Strategies for Additional Information
Turnitin.com Webinars
Standard Information
The University of Scranton has subscribed to Turnitin.com since 2002. Turnitin.com is both a teaching tool and a source faculty can use to check for suspected plagiarism in a student's submitted work. Individual faculty members can set up accounts with Turnitin.com and then either students or the faculty member can submit the work to a digital drop box. Once a paper is submitted, it is compared in its entirety to:
- all pages found on the Internet, even those no longer online
- the ProQuest Research Library
- all previously submitted papers to Turnitin.com
Many faculty members are currently using it as a help in editing papers. Faculty are registering their classes, setting up assignments and giving students time to submit drafts of their papers. Students then have an opportunity to redo their papers before submitting them to their professors at the final due date. This is a powerful demonstration to students that faculty do indeed care about the quality of their papers and the students' credibility.
Getting Started
Basic steps to follow:
Faculty ---
- University of Scranton faculty need a specific account/class ID and "join" password.
- New faculty users need to E-mail Margaret Craft or Katie Duke to get this information.
- Go to http://www.turnitin.com
- Click “New Users” (found in the upper-right-hand corner).
- Select “instructor” from the drop-down menu and click the next button.
- Enter the account number and join password.
- Set up your own account with your own personal username and password.
- For additional guidance, check out the Turnitin.com tutorials and Instructor guides.
Students ---
- You cannot register to use Turnitin.com on your own.
- Encourage faculty to register your classes so you can use it.
- To use all the fantastic teaching tools about plagiarism and tips on how to avoid it, you do not need to be in a registered class. Student tips are found here:
http://www.turnitin.com/research_site/e_preventing_p.html- If your class is registered to use Turnitin.com, you might want to look at the student video before you submit your first paper.
Testimonials
See the University of Scranton Scholarly Research and Academic Integrity Tutorial page.
Strategies for Additional Information
Suggested Databases
Education Full Text 1983-present
Historical New York Times via ProQuest
Library Literature and Information Science Full Text
Suggested Search Strategies
Academic Integrity and (plagiarism or cheating)