Plagiarism-Detection Software
The University of Tennessee Knoxville Office of Research and Engagement has invested in an institutional license with iThenticate to assist faculty and student researchers in avoiding common pitfalls of plagiarism in their draft documents.
iThenticate software scans for and displays similarities between a submitted document against the internet and an extensive database of published and unpublished works. It is important to point out that iThenticate does not determine whether a particular instance of similarity constitutes plagiarism, rather It is up to the user to interpret whether any detected similarity is considered acceptable.
UTIA faculty and staff are highly encouraged to evaluate their draft grant proposals and research manuscripts for plagiarism risks using iThenticate prior to submission for publication. Authors can then be assured that they have sufficiently cited appropriate sources that may have been inadvertently missed prior to submission, which can significantly reduce the potential for research misconduct and increase the research integrity of UTIA. Principal Investigators should also consider using iThenticate to check their proposals prior to submission, as some sponsoring agencies now use plagiarism detection software to check grant proposals.
The Graduate Council and Faculty Senate have also instituted a policy requiring that all theses and dissertations be scanned with university-approved plagiarism detection software before the student’s defense. The Graduate School website has information to guide students and faculty through the process of using iThenticate for their theses and dissertations.
https://gradschool.utk.edu/thesesdissertations/using-ithenticate/
Signing into iThenticate is done through your NetID. Select “University of Tennessee” as your institution if asked for that information. https://research.utk.edu/ithenticate/
To learn how to use iThenticate: https://www.ithenticate.com/training/getting-started
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs): https://www.ithenticate.com/products/faqs
iThenticate software scans for and displays similarities between a submitted document against the internet and an extensive database of published and unpublished works. It is important to point out that iThenticate does not determine whether a particular instance of similarity constitutes plagiarism, rather It is up to the user to interpret whether any detected similarity is considered acceptable.
UTIA faculty and staff are highly encouraged to evaluate their draft grant proposals and research manuscripts for plagiarism risks using iThenticate prior to submission for publication. Authors can then be assured that they have sufficiently cited appropriate sources that may have been inadvertently missed prior to submission, which can significantly reduce the potential for research misconduct and increase the research integrity of UTIA. Principal Investigators should also consider using iThenticate to check their proposals prior to submission, as some sponsoring agencies now use plagiarism detection software to check grant proposals.The Graduate Council and Faculty Senate have also instituted a policy requiring that all theses and dissertations be scanned with university-approved plagiarism detection software before the student’s defense. The Graduate School website has information to guide students and faculty through the process of using iThenticate for their theses and dissertations.
https://gradschool.utk.edu/thesesdissertations/using-ithenticate/
Signing into iThenticate is done through your NetID. Select “University of Tennessee” as your institution if asked for that information. https://research.utk.edu/ithenticate/
To learn how to use iThenticate: https://www.ithenticate.com/training/getting-started
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs): https://www.ithenticate.com/products/faqs