12. Plagiarism and Referencing

12.1. How Turnitin works

Turnitin is a web-based system used by most universities in the UK to identify possible instances of plagiarism. This statement describes how Turnitin is used within the School and the data it creates about your work.

A Turnitin assignment is set up by a member of staff on QMplus.  You then access this assignment online and upload your work before the due date. Turnitin will analyse the submitted work to identify text matches with other sources and will compare the work against:

  • the current and archived web;
  • previously submitted work;
  • books and journals.