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CheckForPlagiarism.net helps fight plagiarism in universities:

Alarming Statistics: 66% of 16,000 students from 31 prestigious U.S. universities have cheated at least once, says 1991 Rutgers University study.

• 12% of those reported themselves as regular cheaters. This means nearly seven out of ten students cheat, and at least one of those cheats all the time!

• Cheating on campus increased an estimated 744% from 1993 to 1997, says University of California-Berkley officials.

What is plagiarism? In minor cases, it can be the quotation of a sentence or two, without quotation marks and without a citation (e.g., footnote) to the true author.

In the most serious cases, a significant fraction of the entire work was written by someone else: the plagiarist removes the true author(s) names(s) and substitutes the plagiarist's name, perhaps does some re-formatting of the text, then submits the work for credit (e.g., term paper or essay) or as part of the requirements for a degree (e.g., thesis or dissertation), or even as a professional/personal concern (e.g., article, blog entry, news item, etc.).