LibGuides: Accounting: Referencing

What is referencing?

Referencing is a practice of acknowledging other peoples works, ideas, sources used in a paper, assignment, report and conference papers in academic writing.

Why reference an assignment?

To acknowledge the sources of information you have used just as authors of books and journal articles list the sources they have used
It is academic courtesy to acknowledge the work of others – none of us know everything and we we rely on the work of others
Your lecturers/readers need to see from where you obtained your information
Your lecturers/readers need to see how widely you have read; whether you have used key sources and how up to date your information is
Your lecturers/readers need to be able to verify the information you have used
Plagiarism – using someone else’s ideas as if they were your own is unacceptable and a punishable offence.

Referencing styles

EndNote

UKZN subscribes to the desktop version of the bibliographic management package called EndNote. This package allows you to create and manage a library of references. EndNote contains many different referencing styles. EndNote can be used to create in text referencing in a Word document and create a bibliography.

Endnote 2025

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Turnitin

Turnitin 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.

You register as a student at www.turnitin.com. However you will need to have a class ID and password from your supervisor to enter when you are registering.

Need help with Turnitin? Consult the Learn@ukzn.ac.za page or go to http://guides.turnitin.com.