https://ir.zou.ac.zw/files/original/c22ef2c71c68f77b6e45babfcc26cc14.pdf 1a14e0363f59f229408d1eb9d58ded59 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Staff Publications Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource THE ROLE OF TURNITIN POLICY IN ACADEMIC WRITING: A CASE OF ZIMBABWE OPEN UNIVERSITY Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource JUDITH TAFANGOMBE Description An account of the resource Academics strive to produce quality academic writing. There is need to ensure that issues of plagiarism are addressed to promote quality academic writing. Plagiarism means using some one’s ideas without even acknowledging the source (en.writecheck.com/resources). In academic writing plagiarism is a serious offence. It results in one loosing academic or professional standing or failing assignments or courses (http:// www.examiner.com/ adult –education-in- pittsburg/plagiarism-higher education. It is therefore imperative that academics make use of anti- plagiarism software such as turnitin as it would assist them to avoid plagiarism. The study sought to findout the role of turnitin in academic writing. A qualitative approach was adopted and a case study design was employed. The case study allowed the researcher to focus on a particular instance to get an in-depth understanding of the situation (Creswell, 2009).A purposive sampling of 5 lecturers and 5 students was drawn. The lecturers revealed that they have been trained to use the anti-plagiarism but were yearning for a clear policy since it would determine universal acceptable percentage. The students on the other hand revealed that they have not been trained to use it and would appreciate such training to promote production of quality assignments. It is recommended that there be a turnitin policy used in faculties to promote quality academic writing. Students on the other hand should be trained to use turn it in soft-ware in order to produce quality assignments. Thus generally both students and lecturers should be encouraged to use the anti-plagiarism software in all their academic writing Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IJESR Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015 academic writing plagiarism turnitin