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What is Turnitin?

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TurnItIn is a service that matches text from student assignments against its extensive databases of previously submitted student coursework, websites and academic papers. Turnitin produces a similarity report and a score (%) of matched text.

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Turnitin is a text matching tool, not a plagiarism detection tool.

Turnitin provides a useful indicator to markers of the extent of matched text within a document, but it cannot determine what those matches mean. It is no replacement for academic knowledge and judgment in determining cases of academic misconduct/plagiarism.

How does Turnitin work?

Other pages in this section, include:

LSE’s policy on the use of Turnitin

Turnitin FAQs