I copied a paragraph from a academic paper and saved in a word document a few months ago. However, I forgot to leave the reference at that time, so I want to find the reference of that paragraph. I failed when I used Google to search, as it seems the main text is hidden due to the copyright issue. Online free plagiarism checkers did not work either.
It would be highly appreciated if someone can teach me any methods I can try to search the reference.
You may try to use also Google Scholar and Google Books instead of a simple Google search.
Let me try finding the reference for you. Send me the paragraph in a private message.
Wolfgang R. Dick Thank you for your kind reminder! Although I had no luck this time, I will keep it in mind and try if I encounter the same issue next time.
Arnel Yurfo I don't want to bother you with this trivial issue. But thank you anyways!
if you have the paper in your HDD then do a search by the file explorer on the main sentence in your paragraph.
try the steps of an advanced Google Scholar search
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