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Plagiarism Checker

Plagiarism Checker

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Free Online Plagiarism checker. The word "Plagiarism" keeps surfacing every now and then, in several contexts. We know that in the simplest sense it means "copying". But when we sit down to write an article several doubts come up. "If I reference whatever I have copied, does that constitute plagiarism"? "If I copy from my previous article is that plagiarism"? And, if these doubts do not enter our heads, the Editorial Board members ensure that they do! The Free Online Plagiarism Checker (Searchengine reports) checks and points out online sources from where matter may have been copied. Here is a…
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Retraction of an article

Retraction of an article

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Off and on we come across papers that have been "retracted" from a journal. What is retraction and why does it happen? A retraction of a published article means that the author/journal wishes to "take it back". In other words they indicate that the article should not have been published, and that its data and conclusions should not be used / quoted for any future research or publications. The common reasons for retraction of articles are scientific misconduct by way of falsifying data, plagiarism and several other actions. An interesting Blog on Retracted papers was brought to our notice by…
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NCBI – Image Finder

NCBI – Image Finder

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NCBI has a new "Image Finder". This database has around 3 million images from free resources deposited in the NCBI (eg - PubMed Central journals). All images are subject to the general copyright restrictions. The url ishttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/images (You can also reach this from PubMed). From the Dropdown option above the PubMed search box, choose "Images". Try out the following in the site - prediction AND type 2 diabetes For a Quick Start Guide, on using the Images database, click here Appeared in Volume 3 Issue 10 of QMedConnect
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