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Law: Legal Referencing

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Tips

Please confirm the referencing style with the academic staff member in charge of your research.

Some referencing methods have minor variations e.g. Harvard, Augmented Harvard and Harvard British Standard.

Be consistent when using a certain style.

Reference Management Software Tools

Citation Style Guides

 

Unisa School of Law students must consult Tutorial letter 302 for the Oscola citation style Guidelines

 

Unisa School of criminal justice students must consult Tutorial  letter 301 for the Harvard citation style guidelines

Sources of Law and Modes of Citation

Plagarism Detection Software

Turnitin is a tool to used to check for plagiarism. A researcher's work is instantly checked for potential plagiarism by comparing it against the world's largest comparison database using pattern recognition algorithms.

Please contact your supervisor/ style leader to arrange for access.

Refer to the Unisa Policy for Copyright Infringement & Plagiarism for further information

Free plagiarism software

http://www.plagtracker.com/

http://www.plagiarism-detect.com/

10 free plagiarism checkers:

http://elearningindustry.com/top-10-free-plagiarism-detection-tools-for-teachers