Music: Referencing

You commit plagiarism when you present someone else's ideas - published or unpublished - as if they were your own.  It is a serious offense.  Committing plagiarism intentionally or unintentionally is a crime. Ignorance is NO EXCUSE!

Referencing can be described as giving credit, with citation, to the source of information used in one’s work. Research is a buildup on what other people have previously done thus referencing helps to relate your own work to previous work. Unacknowledged use and presenting someone else’s ideas as if they were your own can be used to describe plagiarism. The University of Pretoria takes plagiarism very seriously and could lead to the loss of marks or exclusion from the university. Referencing is important for a number of reasons, some of which include:

• It allows for acknowledgement of the use of other people’s opinions, ideas, theories and inventions.
• Helps readers understand what influenced the writer’s thinking and how their ideas were formulated.
• Helps the readers evaluate the extent of the writer’s reading.
• Enables readers to visit source materials for themselves and verify the information.

The library offers support and training for EndNote referencing support software

University EndNote Page

Writing Center

• Academic Reading Strategies
• Academic Writing Conventions
• Academic Writing Structure
• Postgraduate Writing Process
• Make an Appointment

Past Presentations

• Scientific Writing
• Introduction to Writing and Editing
• Sentence Connectors
• Writing an Abstract

For writing support, you can visit the following pages:

• visit the Writing Centre
• have your work edited by a Language editor

Editing and Proofreading Applications

With the help of Artificial Intelligence, you can install a proofreader onto your computer's word processor or use it as an extension to your web browser. These programs edit your work as you write!

Some of our Top Picks:

• ProWritingAid (available at https://prowritingaid.com/ or as an extension for your Google Chrome browser)
• Hemmingway editor (available at http://www.hemingwayapp.com/ and now available as a desktop application)

• Grammarly writing assistant (available at https://www.grammarly.com/ as an extension on your word processor and Google Chrome browser)

Some other editing tools to consider: 

• GradeProof

• Sapling Grammar Checker and Writing Assistant

• Linguix