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This chapter provides a background on academic plagiarism. The rapid advancement of information technology and especially the dissemination of the Internet have drastically increased the availability of information – not only for legitimate purposes. Academic plagiarism is one form of undue information use simplified by the abundance of information and ease of information access [161].
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Gipp, B. (2014). Plagiarism Detection. In: Citation-based Plagiarism Detection. Springer Vieweg, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-06394-8_2
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