Easy to do? Easy to Detect!

The Internet makes it easy to steal. Just copy and paste and you're done right? Unfortunately some students take this attitude. The Internet also makes it easy to detect plagiarism. Try copying a suspicious phrase into a search engine. Do you find copies out there on the net? For more in-depth and rigorous detection try Turnitin.com. This system is specifically designed to uncover plagiarism. Many schools are now using these types of services.

Don't do the crime!

The penalties associated with plagiarism include: failing classes, expulsion from school, and in cases of commercial plagiarism, fines of up to $250,000. Stealing is serious business and the consequences are be equally serious. Rationalizations like "Everybody does it!" or "I just borrowed a few paragraphs!" ring hollow once you realize that plagiarism is theft.