We have a school-wide subscription to turnitin.com  It's the most common one that schools use around here.  I would check to see if your local high school does subscribe to it before you start exploring other options.  I don't know of any elementary schools that subscribe and there are some middle schools.  Teachers should be working on teaching students how to take notes, summarize and paraphrase ( that might be a good afterschool workshop for a public library to hold)  The software is just a writing tool and should not be used as a "gotcha".
I think it would be a great idea to host a writing workshop.  Want to learn how to avoid plagiarism? Come to the library to learn how to cite your sources properly, summarize and paraphrase things that you read...😀

Klaudia Janek, MLIS

School Librarian

IB Extended Essay Coordinator

Michigan Association for Media in Education - 2019 Immediate Past President

AASL Frances Henne Award Committee Chair - 2019


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On Tue, Nov 12, 2019 at 1:08 PM Andrus, Miriam via Michlib-l <michlib-l@mcls.org> wrote:

Hello Librarians –

    Do any of you offer plagiarism checkers for your patrons? We are looking particularly for K-12 students who want a resource to check their work. Any ideas would be appreciated.

Thanks,

 

Miriam Andrus

Library Director

Grace A. Dow Memorial Library

1710 W. St. Andrews Rd.

Midland, MI 48640

Phone 989.837.3431

Fax 989.837.3468

 

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