Students are encouraged to use iThenticate to review drafts of their ETD prior to final submission.Īccess to iThenticate is granted to graduate students and faculty. iThenticate similarity reports are useful to identify potentially problematic areas of insufficient citation. Graduate students and their advisors are required to verify that the ETDs (electronic theses and dissertations) are appropriately written and cited.Faculty can use the software to review their written documents (e.g., articles, grant proposals).Graduate students can review their written materials (e.g., papers, article drafts, responses to qualifying or prelim exam prompts, drafts of thesis/dissertation, etc.).
The Graduate School encourages the use of iThenticate to verify originality of documents prepared by VT graduate students and faculty as follows:
