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Tips on choosing an effective plagiarism software for students

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How can students avoid plagiarism?

The right software can defeat the biggest enemy of academics, artists, and scientists across the globe, plagiarism. 

 

Before starting with the main context of this blog, let us assume a condition. Suppose, you’ve written a research paper for a reputed educational magazine with lots of research and hard work, and by the time you’re checking for any errors or mistakes, you want to know whether your words have any similarities to the resources you’ve gathered. This relation between your work and the resources you’ve gathered for your work, be it direct or indirect, intentional or unintentional can be termed as plagiarism.

 

Need for plagiarism checker

 

This practice of plagiarism is punishable by fines or in some cases, jail as well and hence it should be avoided. Now one way to do so is to manually reread the entire text of yours and compare it with the resources used by you which are quite exhausting. So, what could be the solution for the same? In this blog, we will be discussing various plagiarism checkers for students, their authenticity and are they accurate and trustworthy?

 

The best checker: how to choose it?

 

  • Make sure to check the privacy policy of the checker: It is mostly ignored by almost every user but it is the most important aspect of plagiarism checking. Suppose you’ve uploaded your entire piece of work on a random plagiarism checker say X. Now what is the guarantee that it won’t go in the hands of fraudsters? So, to avoid any sort of data leakage, you must ensure your software is well accompanied by the policies of GPPR (General Data Protection Regulation) which provides access to data protection laws for all of its member countries and FERPA (The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act) that enables parents to have control over their children’s education records.

 

  • Subscriptions are more reliable: Students already go through problems related to loans, regular expenses etc. Additional money spent on plagiarism checker software is not an easy task but free plagiarism checkers have certain limitations which need to be removed to make work fully yours.

 

Free checkers can accommodate only a fixed number of words, the fixed format of files or queries etc. Certain advantages like free demos, multiple language checks, tech support, privacy, additional advantages like spelling and grammar checker etc. are not a part of free software and come with exclusive or subscription only.

 

  • Make sure that your checker has support options: Before finalizing any software, one must ensure that it comes with full-fledged customer support. The provider of that software must provide its users with 24/7 support options through various platforms like e-mail, telephonic medium, social media etc. Such support is very necessary for users so that in case they face any sort of problems related to fraudsters, payment for subscriptions, privacy etc. 

 

  • Always check out for the limit: You must never settle for less. Try to choose a software that can detect maximum similar texts. You can also ask for a free trial or live demos so that you can double-check the software and claims made by it. Whenever you are going for any free trial, you must ensure to put heavily plagiarized work to check out the accuracy of the platform you are planning for. You must search for an effective outcome and should not go for anything manual. 

 

Moreover, genuine reviews of the software are also of equal importance and you must compare at least 2-3 software’s on different grounds to choose best out of them.

 

One of the most popular and most authentic plagiarism checkers is Grammarly. It is highly accurate and allows for a high volume of workload as compared to other checkers. It is very user friendly and is available on both smartphone and desktop/laptop computers. Some of the pros of Grammarly include: 

 

  • You can upload your own file and can paste your text as well
  • It searches for numerous sources to ensure whether any plagiarism is there or not. Around 16-billion web page data as claimed by Grammarly
  • It is very speedy as compared to other checkers
  • Its support is very quick and helpful

 

Having these many pros does not mean that Grammarly is not having any cons. There are few disadvantages as well which include: 

 

  • You need to upgrade to premium to enjoy all the features
  • It does not allow any other language apart from English.

 

Key Takeaways

 

Plagiarism is something one must not worry about if he/she has a proper plagiarism checker. Choosing one is a tiresome task but once you are done with it, you can rely everything upon it. It helps a student with better writing, protects their reputation, provides clarity and superior results. Another important thing is that if you wish to use someone’s content/work then you must inform them and ask for prior permission. This should be done through mediums like email which have written proofs so that no conflict arises in future.


Also published on Medium.

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