Referencing and Plagiarism: Turnitin and Similarity Checker Tool

Turnitin is a web-based service that we use at QMU with the intention of helping you to check that your assignment work does not contain plagiarism. You will normally use this service prior to submitting your work for marking and can access Turnitin via your Hub module area.

Turnitin works by comparing your submission with millions of web pages and with a range of electronic resources. It then returns an "Originality Report" highlighting any instances of matches with external sources - this will help you by highlighting areas of poor referencing, or where you need to improve your paraphrasing.

The Similarity Checker Tool allows you to check draft versions of your work before final submission.