Faculty of Theology and Religion

Referencing & bibliographies

• Always keep record of the bibliographic details of all sources used
• Use bibliographies to identify other sources
• Use Harvard style (UFS Referencing guide)

Referencing Methods / Styles

To reference or cite, is to acknowledge the sources that you have used in your written assignments, research reports, theses, etc. In that way you are acknowledging the work of the original author and it also enables others to locate the items that you have cited. Failure to give recognition through referencing or citing constitutes plagiarism.To cite correctly, you need to use a referencing style or method.

These are some of the various referencing methods available on the library's webpage:

• APA Style Guide
• Harvard Method
• The process of writing seminars with the Harvard Reference method

​These are the various reference management managers available on the library's webpage:

• Endnote
• Cite this for me
• Mendeley
• Zotero

The following links can assist you with referencing guidelines for artificial intelligence sources:

MLA: https://style.mla.org/citing-generative-ai/?utm_campaign=sourcemar23&utm_medium=email&utm_source=mlaoutreach

APA: https://apastyle.apa.org/blog/how-to-cite-chatgpt

Chicago: https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/qanda/data/faq/topics/Documentation/faq0422.html

Harvard: https://libguides.sgul.ac.uk/Harvard/AI

Vancouver: https://libguides.mcmaster.ca/cite-gen-ai/vancouver#s-lg-box-16752558

Some tips: https://library-guides.ucl.ac.uk/referencing-plagiarism/acknowledging-AI

See also Grammarly citation generator: https://www.grammarly.com/citations/apa/generative-ai for APA, MLA and Chicago methods.