Circular vide D.No.: 1534/MAL dt. 18.01.2020
Plagiarism Checking Procedure
What documents: Research paper, thesis, dissertation, chapters in books, full-fledged books and any other similar work submitted for assessment / opinion leading to the award of master and research level degrees or publication in print or electronic media shall be checked for plagiarism.
However, assignments, term papers, project reports, course work, essays and answer scripts etc. will not be checked according to UGC Regulation, 2018.
Required File Format
¯ For documents in English:- MS Word / searchable PDF
¯ For documents in Hindi and Sanskrit:- MS Word only typed in Mangal font
¯ For documents in Arabic, Persian, Urdu:- MS Word only
Who are eligible: Faculty, bonafide research scholars and staff of the university.
Which Software:
¯ Urkund (Provided by UGC for all above mentioned document types); and
¯ Turnitin (Subscribed by AMU for Research Articles/Books/Books Chapters, etc.).
How:
¯ Students are advised to send their own document only to malcom.amu@gmail.com for plagiarism checking mentioning their name, enrollment no., course, department, supervisor's/teacher's name, supervisor's/teacher's email id and type of document (whether thesis/research article etc.) along with scanned copy of their ID card, admission/continuation card. This facility of sending documents for plagiarism check is available due to spread of COVID-19 pandemic only and shall be withdrawn.
¯ Faculty and staff may send their document by email to malcom.amu@gmail.com mentioning their name, designation, employment id, department, document type etc.
¯ Faculty members may also send the thesis/research article of their research scholars or students mentioning details i.e. student¯s name, enrollment number, topic, course name along with own details.
¯ A particular document can be checked upto three times only.
When: Eligible users can avail plagiarism checking facility on all working days during 09:00 AM to 03:00 PM (except Friday) and 09:00 AM to 12:00 Noon (on Friday).
Plagiarism Report: The downloaded plagiarism report is forwarded to the user¯s E-mail ID on next working day.
Important Note:
1. All Students are required to send scanned copy of their valid ID cards and should send their own documents only to malcom.amu@gmail.com.
2. If it is found that the sent document do not belong to the sender then the plagiarism of the same will not be checked.
3. The above mentioned software are text comparing software only and show similarity/significance in percent.
4. Repeated checking of the same document may show variable results since the database of the software keeps updating.
5. Scanned documents without searchable format in any language cannot be checked for plagiarism.
6. Before sending documents for Plagiarism Checking, users are advised to consult UGC (Promotion of Academic Integrity and Prevention of Plagiarism in Higher Educational Institutions) Regulations, 2018.
(i) UGC's letter (ii) Regulations
