POST GRADUATE STUDENTS OF HARYANA UNIVERSITIES AND PLAGIARISM AWARENESS

ABSTRACT

The study was conducted on plagiarism awareness among the post graduate students of select universities of Haryana. There are 700 total population and 259 respondents were response out of 290. The study was empirical and used survey methods. Questionnaire tool was used for data collection. The present study describes various aspects of plagiarism such as plagiarism awareness among respondents, understanding the concept of plagiarism, awareness of antiplagiarism software, reason for plagiarism and awareness of punishment. The study was founded that majority of respondents did not know any anti-plagiarism software and punishment for plagiarism. Only 28.18% students knew how to cite a book/journal.

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