Faculty Resources: Plagiarism & Style Guides

• APA Citation Style (6th edition)

• MLA Citation Style

• Chicago Manual of Style 16th Edition / Purdue Online Writing Lab

• Complete Discipline Listing / Purdue Online Writing Lab
  An exhaustive list of style guide information for documenting sources in different disciplines.

• Manuals of Style and Formatting Guides / Sacramento State University Library
  A list of guides and links to online style manuals for various subject areas

   

• DupliChecker 
  FREE. Copy and paste text up to 2,000 words into search box. Can also browse Docx or Text Files.

• GLATT Plagiarism Services
  FREE (Self-Detection Module only). Requires typing a large block of text into a search box

• Google
  FREE Copy and paste a large block of suspected text into the search box of Google. Enclose the block of text in quotation marks. Easy but not fool-proof.

• Grammarly
  FREE. "Grammarly is an automated proofreader and your personal grammar coach. 

• PlagAware
  ​A pay site, but some free text comparison available with registration. Details on the website. 

• ScanMyEssay
  ​A pay site. Uses Viper Scanner, covers 10 billion essays.

• WCopyFind

  FREE. WCopyfind is an open source windows-based program that compares documents and reports similarities in their words and phrases.
• Turnitin SimCheck

  Turnitin SimCheck is the integrated plagiarism checker used with the Canvas Learning Management System.

For more information, please see our Plagiarism 101 guide.