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Managing references

Referencing

Referencing, or citing, is the practice of acknowledging sources of information and ideas that you have used in assignments. Correct referencing is essential in order to avoid plagiarism.

References within a paper must follow a consistent system, or style. The Learning and Teaching Unit has a detailed explanation of styles, including the UniSA version of the Harvard Author-Date system which is used for most courses.

Bibliographic management

Bibliographic management is a system of organising and managing your references (or citations).

Bibliographic management software allows you to…

The software supported at UniSA is:

EndNote

RefWorks

Other resources

Bibliographic Management Overview

This diagram shows the process of creating a bibliography using bibliographic management software:

Bibliographic Management process

Which software do I choose?

You need to make your own decision, but these are some of the factors to consider