Turnitin is plagiarism prevention system that makes it easy to identify students who submit unoriginal work. It acts as a powerful deterrent to stop plagiarism before it starts.

All work submitted to Turnitin is checked against three databases of content:

• a copy of the publicly accessible Internet,
• millions of published works,
• every student paper ever submitted to Turnitin.

Request Turnitin

• Faculty, request an account for your course using our Request Turnitin form.
• Students, check with your professor if you are unsure if your course uses Turnitin.

Suggested Syllabus Policy

Faculty are advised to review and consider instituting the suggested syllabus policy found at the University's Office of General Counsel website on Plagiarism Detection Services. As indicated, a student must provide written consent and permission using the Turnitin Consent Form [PDF, 20 KB] before work can be submitted to Turnitin.com.

Quickstarts & User Guides

• Instructor Quickstart [Flash movie]
• Instructor User Guide [PDF, 1,312 KB]
• Student Quickstart [Flash movie]
• Student User Guide [PDF, 3,344 KB]

Useful Links

If you already have an account, here are some useful links to information at the Turnitin website:

• What is Plagiarism?
• Preventing Plagiarism
• Research and Plagiarism
• Plagiarism FAQ
• Documents and Manuals