Horticultural Sciences: Referencing and Plagiarism

You can choose between EndNote, Zotero and Mendeley as a reference management tool.

• The library supports EndNote and runs workshops throughout the year about it.
  • Consult the EndNote guide here: https://libguides.sun.ac.za/EndNote
• Individual support is given to Zotero and Mendeley.
  • Zotero can be downloaded here: https://www.zotero.org
  • Consult the library's Mendeley guide!

The Horticultural Sciences conforms to using a variety of referencing styles. This is dependent on whether you are undergraduate or postgraduate. Listed in this guide is the link to Harvard Stellenbosch as well as Plant and Soil Science. You can always search for the journal reference style within Mendeley. The information listed below will assist you in ensuring you comply

• The Harvard referencing style
• Copy this link for Plant and Soil to use in Mendeley
• Copy the referencing style link of the South African Journal of Plant and Soil and use in reference management tool Mendeley
• Copy the link to Stellenbosch University Harvard style and use it in the reference management tool Mendeley

The information listed below will assist you in helping to avoid plagiarism and understanding the consequences

• Plagiarism
• SU Policy on Plagiarism (In Support of Academic Integrity)
• SU Procedure for the Investigation and Management of Allegations of Plagiarism
• Using Turnitin software to detect plagiarism
• AgriSciences Faculty staff and postgraduates have access to the Turnitin Sandbox version on SUNLearn: Enquiries: Kathryn Wirth, AgriSciences Blended-Learning Coordinator
• How does Copyright affect me? Contact the Copyright and Short Courses Division: Carol Kat