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Plagiarism

Plagiarism is the "wrongful appropriation" and "stealing and publication" of another author's "language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions" and the representation of them as one's own original work. Plagiarism is not in itself a crime but can constitute copyright infringement. In academia and industry, it is a serious ethical offence.

ShodhShuddhi: Plagiarism Detection Software (PDS)

DrillBit Plagiarism Detection Software (Provided by DrillBit SoftTech", a Bangalore-based company) has been selected by INFLIBNET Centre (Inter-University Centre of UGC) under the aegis of Ministry of HRD to enhance quality and prevent plagiarism in research/academic publications. Universities in India who have signed MoU with INFLIBNET Centre, which come under section 12(B)/ 2f of UGC Act and are eligible for funding from UGC, get the software free of cost from INFLIBNET Centre. Aliah University has signed MoU with INFLIBNET and is compliant with 12(B)/2f of UGC Act and getting the software at free of cost from INFLIBNET and has taken the initiative to provide DrillBit user account to all its Faculty and Research scholar. As part of UGC directives on research ethics and originality of research, Aliah University follows UGC guidelines in detecting plagiarism in research by checking all research dissertations of the University (PhD, M.Phil dissertations) through the DrillBit software.

When a document is submitted to DrillBit, it is compared to sources online, alongside our multiple academic databases, and also previously submitted documents. The most relevant sources are then singled out and presented in the analysis report, which will show a detailed view of how many paragraphs could be matched against these sources, as well as how significant these similarities are.

URL: https://www.drillbitplagiarism.com/

Approval copy : 2019, 2020

Turnitin

Aliah University Library has subscribed the TURNITIN software (Plagiarism Checker) to check the similarity measures in research publication & thesis. To avail this facility please contact your respective libraries, Newtown and Park Circus Library.

Web Link: https://www.turnitin.com/

To get acquainted with the software please stream the video. Click here

For more information contact to your University Library.

Guidelines for Plagiarism

The Supervisor of the research scholar shall submit the soft copy of the full-text thesis for plagiarism check from Cover Page to the last page including all contents along with the duly filled Application Form for Plagiarism Check to the University Library through email library@aliah.ac.in.

  • 1. Application Form for Plagiarism Check may be obtained from the university library websites. Click here to DOWNLOAD.
  • 2. It is mandatory to mention the research scholar’s Name, Enrollment No. Department, Supervisors / Guides Name in the email.
  • 3. The document must be in MS Word / searchable PDF/A format and must be Unicode compliance only.
  • 4. Scanned documents without searchable format in any language cannot be checked for similarity.
  • 5. Requests for all exclusions, if any, must be communicated by the Supervisor to the library through proper channel with proper justifications.
  • 6. The theses must be submitted at least two (03) working days prior to last date of submission since the similarity report generation may take time from the server end.

Important Note:

  • 1. The above mentioned software are text comparing software only and show similarity/significance in percent.
  • 2. Repeated checking of the same document may show variable results since the database of the software keeps updating.
  • 3. Before sending documents for text similarity checking, users are advised to consult UGC (Promotion of Academic Integrity and Prevention of Plagiarism in Higher Educational Institutions) Regulations,2018.

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