Referencing Skills

Referencing Guidelines: Students can use the TUS Referencing Guidelines below to learn how to reference sources correctly in their assignments. These guidelines apply to all TUS campuses.

Avoiding Plagiarism: This guide will help you prevent plagiarism in your work. Plagiarism happens when someone presents an idea or product as new and original, even though it comes from an existing source. To avoid this, always credit or reference the original source when using someone else’s ideas, words, or designs.

This guide takes you through quickly generating citations with Microsoft Word’s reference tool.

This guide introduces Zotero, Mendeley, and EndNote, which are comprehensive tools for managing and citing your references.

Cite Them Right: Shows you how to reference any source type according to different referencing style.

Quoting, Summarising & Paraphrasing: This resource explains how to correctly quote, summarise, and paraphrase sources, offering guidelines to integrate and credit information in academic writing effectively (Oregon State University).

Avoiding Plagiarism Checklist: Use this checklist to ensure your work is free from plagiarism and properly credits all sources. It is a simple step that will help you maintain academic integrity.

Check out this YouTube channel, for helpful videos on referencing

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