Plagiarism
Plagiarism is using another person’s ideas, designs, words, or works without appropriate acknowledgment.Students should ensure that article, assignment, thesis or any form of academic writing presented are their intellectual property, while work, language, and opinion of others are duly acknowledged by adopting proper citation methods/standards.

Library provides the service to check plagiarism in your assignment or thesis by using Turnitin Feedback Studio. If you need assistance to check the plagiarism of your assignment/thesis, please contact the following Library Staff.
Submission Protocol
To ensure institutional authentication and accountability, all submissions must adhere to the following procedural requirements:
• Authorized Channels: All requests must be submitted via official University of Colombo email accounts.
• Primary Contact: Submissions should be directed to the designated SARIU email address: similarity.ai@lib.cmb.ac.lk
• Contact number: 0112586432
Technical Specifications and Compliance
Documents that do not meet the following criteria will not be processed:
Feature Requirement
File Format Microsoft Word (.doc / .docx) or PDF.
Max File Size 100 MB per submission.
Large Files May be submitted as two separate files or by temporarily removing images (textual content must remain unaltered). Document Content Must include bibliography and references; the SARIU will exclude these during report generation.
Last Updated on March 12, 2026 by Main Library