Plagiarism

This document aims to provide an overview of the current situation of plagiarism. This survey presents a taxonomy of various plagiarism forms and includes discussion on each of these forms. Moreover, it presents the existence of various tools and systems for detecting plagiarism. The easy access to the Web, its increasing use, and the development of technologies have led to the need to adapt plagiarism laws, implement new mechanisms anti-plagiarism or mechanisms of detection and empower people on the problem of plagiarism. Therefore, there will be a dedicated section for each of these aspects