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iThenticate

ABOUT ITHENTICATE

iThenticate is an online plagiarism detection software tool that compares documents (including among others, proposals, manuscripts, dissertations and thesis, journals, etc.) against a database of web pages and content items including published works.

iThenticate provides a mitigation tool that protects the reputation of UCF research and reduces risk of costly and public published misconduct.  Researchers gain advantage in grant submission by screening proposals before they are screened by the funding agency.

iThenticate is easy to use with quick results.  iThenticate is not a repository database. Documents uploaded through UCF user accounts cannot be accessed by iThenticate company personnel. The iThenticate user license agreement prevents iThenticate from having access to or use of technology, ideas or proprietary data contained in the submitted documents.

True Costs of Research Misconduct

ITHENTICATE USE AT UCF

Research Proposals

  • Use of iThenticate is not required.  iThenticate is provided as a benefit to UCF investigators by making it easier to recognize inadvertent plagiarism by screening proposal text against published research.
  • It is recommended that Principal Investigators utilize iThenticate when their proposal content contains a new statement of work or research and development, attributions, citations, quoted material, facts, endnotes, footnotes, paraphrases, images, algorithms, formulas, and intellectual property from sources other than their original content.

Thesis/Dissertations

  • iThenticate review must be coordinated through a Faculty Advisor.  Refer to Turnitin for review of student papers, exams, or book publication efforts.
Turnitin                 vs                            iThenticate
Audience                                           Students in the Classroom Faculty; researchers; corporate; government
Outcome Graded papers Published works
Interface Course Management Document Management
Display of Results Document Viewer Document Viewer
Databases 37 Billion web pages
129 Million content items
300 Million student papers		 37 Billion web pages
129 Million content items ProQuest dissertations Internal Documents
Sharing Not standard Shared with multiple people
Document Size Up to 100 pages Up to 400 pages
Submission Storage Default opt-in to database Not added to database

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iThenticate - originality checking and IP verification ACCESS

To create or access an iThenticate Account:

  1. Click on the iThenticate icon to sign-on through the UCF portal. iThenticate - originality checking and IP verification
  2. Enter your UCF NID and NID password.
  3. Click “Sign On.”
  4. You will be redirected to iThenticate where (if you have not yet created an account) you will be asked to acknowledge Terms of Service.
  5. Once you acknowledge the Terms of Service, you will be granted access to iThenticate.

ITHENTICATE USE INSTRUCTIONS

Be sure to upload a readable file. (Scanned copies or images of text are not readable files.)

To avoid duplication (self-plagiarism) citing your authored content from previously published works is recommended.

iThenticate provides the guidance linked below.  Please refer to the iThenticate User Manual for more detailed use instructions.