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- Price: Free to try (30-day trial); $125.00 to buy (Buy it now)
- Operating system: Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/NT
- Date added: November 08, 2004
- Total Downloads: 44,749
- Downloads last week: 309
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 8 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
The Internet makes it easier than ever for students to plagiarize term papers, but this application aims to strike fear into the hearts of deceptive students by comparing a document with the Web to find excessive similarities. The user-friendly interface lets you quickly select files for examination, although the trial version only supports one document at a time. The program generates HTML reports, highlighting suspicious passages, and gives you a link to the Web source, so you can check for yourself. Plagiarism-Finder was fairly accurate with passages of seven or more words but didn't work as well with smaller bits of text. Therefore, we feel the program does a good job of catching blatant cases of plagiarism, but can't be called foolproof. Though it may not help finger the most savvy cheats, this app still can serve as a handy weapon for teachers and professors.Publisher's description
From Mediaphor :With Plagiarism-Finder, any Windows-based PC with Internet access can be used to check files for exact-phrase matching on the Web. Upon completing the scan, Plagiarism-Finder highlights suspect passages and includes links to matching Web pages. A detailed report gives the user a comprehensive source list and the percentage of text copied from each source, as well as the document's overall percentage of copied text.
Version 1.2.2 includes increased precision, a filter for URLs, an improved bibliography, and optimized import of MS Word and PDF documents.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 2.4 stars out of 8 votes
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Plagiarism-Finder 1.2.2
Cons: The software doesn't seem to work. I copied 200 words from Wikipedia, 200 words from a fake thesis page and 200 words from an thesis freely available on the internet. Pasted the words into txt documents and ran the tests. The software found nothing,
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Plagiarism-Finder 1.2.2
"I purchase the license but it seems to limit checks to European sites"
Pros: Limited use in academic settings but at least gives some indication of plagiarism
Cons: Poor support. No response to e-mail requests for technical assistance. Upgrades have caused blue screen freezes
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Version: Plagiarism-Finder 1.2.2
Pros: This was a complete waste of time. Many of the UI elements are still in German even running it in English. Did several tests and it found nothing.
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Version: Plagiarism-Finder 1.2.2
Cons: I cut and pasted a WORD FOR WORD item from an internet site and the detailed search came back non plagarized!!
Hopefully I can get my money back!
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Version: Plagiarism-Finder 1.2.2
Pros: Nothing!!!
Cons: This is a German company. When my program did not work, it took me six months to get a reply from them in English. I sent mail in German. I never got a program that worked. I wasted over two hundred dollars.
Summary: The biggest thing is that it is a foreign company, and they were hard to deal with. They never refunded my money, and I never got it to work. They told me to download another version in six months, but then they wanted me to pay for it again.
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