School of Accountancy: Referencing and Plagiarism

Tip:Take a look at the references within theses from the department for examples of how to cite and reference different documents

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"Plagiarism is the theft and use of the ideas, material and other intellectual property of others that are passed off as one’s own." SU Senate. 1 Dec 2016. Stellenbosch University policy on academic integrity: the prevention and handling of plagiarism [Internet]. Stellenbosch University. Available: Policy document. [2017, 1 February].

A reference list, generally, contains only sources you have cited in-text in your assignment.

A bibliography, generally, is a list of all the sources you used to generate your ideas about the topic.

• This means, as well as the sources you cited in-text in the body of your assignment, you also include any other resources that you referred to or read about on the topic.