Dacus Library hours for the week of Monday, January 23rd to Sunday, January 30th: Monday through Thursday - 8:00 a.m. to midnight; Friday – 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.; Saturday – 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.; Sunday – 1:00 p.m. to midnight. View complete library schedule.
Don’t forget, you need a valid Winthrop ID card in order to access the library.
Faculty who use Turnitin need to understand that a report generated from Turnitin must be examined to determine the level of possible infraction. All Turnitin reports will be color-coded. The level of severity ranges from blue or green (indicating that it is unlikely plagiarism has occurred) or yellow, orange and red (indicating that it is highly likely something is amiss).
An originality score can be high but may not be plagiarism. For example, long papers (7-10 pages) may have ample footnoting with matches of low consequence (under 5% each). But even five or six such “hits” might yield an originality score of 25% made up of matches that are less than 5% each. Such a score would be unlikely to indicate the presence of plagiarism. What it could indicate is that the paper is simply a string of quotations from various sources. This is not plagiarism but would indicate the need for a different sort of conversation with the student. On the other hand, it may not mean anything at all.
In the example below, the yellow tagged paper must be examined at. The red color-coded paper is clearly in violation.
Harmless matches occur in three basic cases: the presence of common phrases, the presence of the common language of a given subject matter, and the presence of the bibliography. In the first case, common phrases are not plagiarism even though it may show up as a match. In the second case, specialized areas often use a common language to express concepts. Another way of referring to them may not be possible and so matches will occur. For example, it can only be said just so many ways how chemical compounds work together, or where Lord Byron was born. A paper with any of these kinds of matches has not been plagiarized. You can recalculate the report and exclude low-level matches, the bibliography or both. Doing so will likely decrease the similarity score while increasing the originality report and yielding a better view of that student’s performance on the assignment.
In the case below, the yellow color coding raises a flag. But on closer inspection, we see that all the matches have been cited properly. This is not plagiarism even though the color is yellow.
High level matches in combination with the colors yellow, orange and red (as you look at the score before opening the report) hold a much stronger indication that something is wrong with the paper. But look at the report first before deciding. The odds favor plagiarism but not in every case. You’ll need to look at the report to determine if proper citations and/or referencing have occurred or not.
A good rule of thumb is this: reports that are color-coded in green or blue are very likely NOT plagiarism, even if there are many low-level matches. Any report that comes back in yellow, orange and red should be carefully reviewed. If you have any questions, or would like a refresher on how to interpret Turnitin results, please call or email either Dean Herring (x2232, herringm) or Ms. Gale Teaster (x2311, teasterg) for an appointment.
To watch a video on this and many other aspects regarding interpreting Turnitin reports, surf to: https://www.turnitin.com/static/training/instructor_viewing_originality_reports.php.
Dacus Library hours for the week of Monday, January 16th to Sunday, January 22nd: Monday – closed; Tuesday through Thursday - 8:00 a.m. to midnight; Friday – 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.; Saturday – 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.; Sunday – 1:00 p.m. to midnight. View complete library schedule.
The library will be closed on Monday, January 16th for the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday.
Don’t forget, you need a valid Winthrop ID card in order to access the library.
The library, along with the rest of university offices, will be closed on Monday, January 16th. Normal library hours will resume on Tuesday, January 17th. Please see the library’s complete schedule for further information.
Dacus Library hours for the week of Monday, January 9th to Sunday, January 15th: Monday through Thursday - 8:00 a.m. to midnight; Friday – 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.; Saturday – 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.; Sunday – 1:00 p.m. to midnight. View complete library schedule.
The library will be closed on Monday, January 16th for the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday.
Don’t forget, you need a valid Winthrop ID card in order to access the library.
Juanita Goggins Campaign Poster- ca1974
JUANITA WILLMON GOGGINS PAPERS, 1968-1978 (Accession 155)
Juanita Willmon Goggins (1934-2010) was the first African-American woman elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives and was the state representative for district number 49 of York County for six years. Born in Pendleton, SC she would also become the first African-American woman to serve on the United States Civil Rights Commission. She was also the first African-American woman to serve as a state delegate to the Democratic National Convention. Goggins was responsible for creating Sickle Cell Anemia testing in all of the county health departments in South Carolina. Her papers include correspondence, speeches, biographical data, reports, studies, newspaper clippings, photographs and other papers documenting the political career of Goggins. Subjects include home rule for York County, African-Americans in politics, sickle cell anemia, appropriations, taxes, and public education in York County.
For more information please see the list of manuscript collection finding aids or contact the Archives
All library systems are back online after today’s server upgrade. If you experience any issues accessing any of the library’s services or research tools, please use the web forms to report issues or call the Reference Desk at 803-323-4501. Thank you for your patience as we completed this critical upgrade to our systems.
Dacus Library will be closed this Thursday, January 5th while the library’s main server is upgraded. The work is expected to take the majority of the day, and will mean that the library’s online catalog (DOC and Encore), all database access, course reserves and access to library account information will be unavailable during this time. As soon as the system is back online and fully tested, we will send out notice. You can also check the library’s blog at http://dacuslibrary.wordpress.com/ for ongoing updates to the work.
Turnitin access will not be impacted by this work.
We heard you and we responded! Your use of our 10 iPads prompted us to add five more for the spring semester. We’re glad you liked them, and we’re happy to see the continued and almost uninterrupted use of these new tools. Drop by and see the new additions and use them as they become available. The iPads come ready to use with numerous free apps already on them. If you find an app that would be helpful to your work and/or research, please let us know. We’ll look at the request and if we can fill it, we will.
And don’t be shy about telling what else you’d like to see us undertake. We can’t do everything, of course, be we will look at each request and see what we can do.
Dacus Library will be closed this Thursday, January 5th while the library’s main server is upgraded. The work is expected to take the majority of the day, and will mean that the library’s online catalog (DOC and Encore), all database access, course reserves and access to library account information will be unavailable during this time. As soon as the system is back online and fully tested, we will send out notice. You can also check the library’s blog at http://dacuslibrary.wordpress.com/ for ongoing updates to the work.
Turnitin access will not be impacted by this work.
