Plagiarism check

Several tools are available at TUL to detect plagiarism and to check academic papers:

Enago:

• intended for PhD students and academic staff
• proofreading by native speakers
• funded by the TUL grant programme ENAGO
• see more at https://www.tul.cz/en/research/grant-programs/enago/

Grammarly:

• recommended only for basic text checking, not suitable for checking scientific articles and other publishing activities
• can be used by all students and staff of the university
• checking is performed by software
• usage is free of charge for the user
• see more at https://knihovna.tul.cz/en/services/grammarly-edu

Similarity Check:

• designed to check English-language scientific articles and other texts that have been assigned a DOI (unique digital identifier)
• also allows the comparison of two documents with similar content (i.e. potential plagiarism)
• The person who ordered the check (publisher, reviewer, university, etc.) pays the fee for checking individual documents. Information on prices can be found here.
• For more information, contact Markéta Trykarová (marketa.trykarova@tul.cz)

Theses:

• intended for checking theses in the STAG system

Turnitin:

• for checking assignments submitted in TUL e-learning, it is also possible to check scientific articles
• web interface https://www.turnitin.com/ can be used by all persons with teacher status
• for training on the system (in Czech) see the videos uploaded at https://elearning.tul.cz/enrol/index.php?id=9927
• to check prepared scientific articles, please send the e-mail including the article (DOC, DOCX or PDF) to marta.zizienova@tul.cz