Guidelines for Plagiarism Check Software (Turnitin)

1. Student /faculty have to submit soft copy for plagiarism check to Mehvish
Ara (Chief Librarian) at the following email address:
mehvish_ara@cmhlahore.edu.pk
2. The originality report will be issued within 5 working days from the day of
submission.
3. Soft copy of originality report will be emailed automatically to the
applicant’s email ID within 5 working days.
4. Faculty have to send reports with their name/designation and department
name
5. Student have to send reports with their name/class/roll no.
6. In case of a higher Similarity Index (more than 19%), the researcher should
work towards improving his/her work, in consultation with Subject
instructor/Supervisor.
Format Required for Document.
All Thesis/Dissertation/Research Paper submitted to ORIC must

1. Be in a single MS Word (doc) file (a work separated in multiple files will
not be accepted)
2. Use a citation style (MLA, APA, Chicago, etc.) consistently
3. Not have Footnotes in the soft copy submitted for Turnitin Originality
Report (as these usually render higher percentage in Turnitin Similarity
index). This can be excluded just from the soft copy, not from the
accompanying Hard copy.