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Tools to avoid plagiarism

As stated in its Code of Ethics and Conduct, Politecnico “promotes the integrity of research, condemns manipulationand the infringement of intellectual property”, and gives opportunity to all those who carry out research activities to have an adequate training on ethical conduct and integrity while doing research.

For contrasting any form of plagiarism the University has equipped researchers and professors with a software which facilitates their activity in checking and evaluating the originality of their students’ Graduation and Doctoral Theses.

In compliance with the rules on Copyright (Law, 22nd April 1941, n. 633) this tool, available only for teachers, aims to prevent plagiarism through awareness raising actions for the correct use of citations, and to encourage a honest behavior in the students during the preparation of their papers.

 

Compilatio

for Graduation theses

The Compilatio Magister module compares theses, term papers and papers written by students and undergraduates with a large number of free internet pages, graduation theses repositories and other documents available on the same platform, by detecting any textual correspondences.  

HOW TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE SERVICE
Researchers and professors gain access to Compilatio with their credentials following this path:  Online Services > Graduation > Final title > Anti-plagiarism service (Compilatio)

HOW DOES IT WORK
The software is available in our web area. No installation is required. The software supports files no bigger than 20 MB, in the following formats: .txt, .doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx, .odt, .pdf, .ppt, .pptx, .rtf, .tex. Each time up to 10 files can be uploaded.
It is advisable not to use the anti-plagiarism software for theses which contain patents subject to confidentiality agreements (NDA) or sensitive data.

CONTACTS

For information and assistance fill out the request form available for researchers, professors and the technical-administrative staff only.

Guide to read before starting
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Turnitin

for doctoral papers and theses

Turnitin makes a comparison between the text of a document subject to verification and millions of indexed texts within its databases, releasing a report wherein the potentially copied parts and their sources are highlighted.

Turnitin has been adopted by the Doctoral School to check the originality of Doctoral theses, but it may also be used to check the originality of documents and/or papers written by doctoral students during their career at the Politecnico.

HOW TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE SERVICE
Researchers and professors, who have been enabled by the PhD program Coordinator, may find the link to the tool following this path: Online Services > Postgraduate> PhD Anti-plagiarism (Turnitin).

HOW DOES IT WORK
The software is available in our web area. No installation is required. 

CONTACTS
For information and assistance fill out the request form available only for researchers, professors and the technical-administrative staff.