What is a paper mill?

You will find paper mills on the Internet. These are web sites that provide you with completed assignments - the only thing you have to do is to put your name on it and submit it as your own work. That is plagiarism.

It is important to note that it is very easy for a lecturer to find out whether your assignment came from a paper mill. There are sophisticated detection tools on the Internet that allow a lecturer to search for that assignment and because the assignment is on the Internet, it will be found. Detection tools and links to them will be discussed further on in this section.