Referencing is a practice of acknowledging other peoples works, ideas, sources used in a paper, assignment, report and conference papers in academic writing. Direct quotations, facts and figures, tables and images, from published as well as unpublished works need to be referenced, as do ideas and theories that originate elsewhere.
There are many different referencing styles, check with your lecturers. Below are copies of referencing guides to the 'Harvard' style produced by the UKZN Library.
American Psychological Association (APA) style is an academic format specified in The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, a style guide that offers academic authors guidance on various subjects for the submission of papers to the publications of APA.
EndNote is a package for creating a library of references, adding references to a document and producing a formatted bibliography. UKZN has a license for the desktop software which may also be downloaded onto private pcs by bona fide students and staff members. The document below provides download instructions as well as basic instructions on how to use EndNote.
Turnit in is an internet based tool used to check and detect plagiarism in an essay or any kind of academic related document. Its a licensed based software which universities and school obtain through subscription.
