Government and International Affairs: Cite Sources

Bibliographic Management Tool

Citation and Referencing are necessary in your work when you used others' ideas. Click here to learn more.

RefWorks is a bibliographic management tool the Library subscribed for all current Lingnan University staff and students. It could help save your time and effort on citation and referencing. Use your LU email address to create an individual account on RefWorks to enjoy our subscription.

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Referencing is important in academic work to inform others the source of your ideas and make sure you are not copying or plagiarising. When referencing other’s work (e.g.: ideas, theories, quotes, methods, data), you are required to acknowledge the original sources and cite them in your work with the recognized citation style to avoid plagiarism.

You may also use bibliographic management tools to help generate the in-text citations and reference list entries, and organise the references better in a few clicks to save your time and effort.

Please visit our Referencing & Citation page to learn more.

Citation Styles

• APA Style by American Psychological Association
• MLA Style by Modern Language Association
• Chicago Style by The University of Chicago
• Research and Citation Resources by Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University

User Guides of Bibliographic Management Tools

• RefWorks User Guide 
• EndNote Training Resources
• Mendeley Help Guides
• Zotero Quick Start Guide

Self-help Materials on Referencing & Citation

• Previous Library Workshop: Managing Citations with RefWorks and More
• 1-Search Guide: Get & Export Citations

Support for Lingnan Staff

• Avoiding Plagiarism (by TLC)
• Online Tutorial on Plagiarism Awareness (by TLC)
• Moodle Training Materials for teachers (by TLC)
• Plagiarism Minimization and Detection (by TLC)
• iThenticate (by ITSC)

Support for Lingnan Students

• Avoiding Plagiarism (by TLC)
• Online Tutorial on Plagiarism Awareness (by TLC)
• Moodle Training for Students (by TLC)
• Submitting Turnitin assignments (by TLC)