Types Of Plagiarism

Plagiarism is often discussed yet is rarely understood in today’s society. It is known to be a big deal in the education community, however, very few people actually understand what it means. There are many distinguished ways for a person to plagiarise someone else’s work. Plagiarism is the concept of using another’s work without acknowledgment of this and passing it off as one’s own piece. It is a serious offense and to some is seen as theft. According to Elliot (Harvard Referencing, 2014) “Plagiarism is comparable to cheating on an exam”. In this essay, the different types of plagiarism and the most common types will be discussed. Alongside an anecdote of a particular incident relating to plagiarism, the essay will also include detection

In consideration to the Health Science Professions Level 3 Diploma Handbook for Students, Doncaster College (2017/18), it is stated there are 8 possible ways to plagiarise someone’s work. These are stated below:

Counts of Plagiarism
“Using choice phrase or sentence that you have come across”
“Copying word-for-word directly from a text”
“Paraphrasing the words from a text very closely”
“Using text downloaded from the

“Before going into the exam hall, the student found and had taken photos of the previous group's exam papers”. Due to different cultures, he was unaware of the consequences of doing this, continued to copy the answers and accidentally plagiarised. This then led to an investigation of the situation and left the student being taken off the course and he was unable to receive his English qualification; Gemma, office manager at Xplore (2017).

Due to this day and age being so technologically advanced, a quick search on the internet can find you an easy software that checks plagiarism within your work. Doncaster College uses a software called Turnitin which “works by comparing student work against a vast collection of existing documents” Health Science Professions Level 3 Diploma Handbook for Students, Doncaster College (2017/18). There are many systems used across the country that searches for plagiarism in someone’s work. The top three used, according to eLearning Industry, are Dupli Checker, Copi Leaks,