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Report Sources

View All Sources

In the "All Sources" side panel, all of the sources that have been found are displayed and sorted by highest percentage to lowest percentage match.

  • Clicking on any source will change the navigation bar at the top of the page, displaying how many times that this source has matched in the paper.
  • Clicking the arrows will allow you to see where these have matched on the page.
  • You can further refine this navigation by clicking on an individual page within a source; this will simply show you matches from that specific sub-source.

To view All Sources, select the red graph icon from the similarity toolbar.  You should see a large list of all the sources for this paper. Select any of these matches to locate it in your paper.
Screenshot of similarity graph icon

View Source Details

  1. If you would like to see more information regarding the text that has matched to a source, click on the source number from within the paper. A pop-up box will appear, showing you more details related to the source that your writing has been matched with.
    screenshot of the Turnitin source number
  2. If you wish to view the source in more depth, click on the "Full Source View" icon in the top right-hand corner of the pop-up.
  3. The right-hand side panel will change to Full Source Text, which you can scroll through to read more details.
    screenshot of a Turnitin report showing the full source text box

    Note: If the match is found to be from another student’s paper, rather than an external source, this will be unavailable for viewing.