Students must respect others' intellectual property and understand what constitutes plagiarism. Where the work of others is used or relied upon, it must be properly acknowledged and authorship attributed in accordance with academic practice and must be referenced using an appropriate referencing convention. The School most commonly uses the Harvard style which should be used unless an alternative style is specified in the course syllabus. Students are fully responsible for ensuring they are aware of the requirements for referencing and use the appropriate convention for the course.
Plagiarism, collusion and other forms of academic misconduct are not acceptable in any form and students may be subject to disciplinary action, which can result in the failure of the course and Programme.The School reserves the right to use technology to detect and/or follow up on cases of suspected academic misconduct, irrespective of the severity. Academic misconduct is not limited to plagiarism; refer to the Student Disciplinary Policy for further information.
Course
All new students are required to complete the Skills for Study Plagiarism and Referencing course prior to the start of their programme.
It checks your understanding of referencing and plagiarism and how to avoid it. If you have any difficulty accessing the course, please contact your Programme Office .
The associated website Cite Them Right also offers a series of tutorials. Pick your referencing style and the area you wish to focus on such as: when to reference, common knowledge, confidential information, (of relevance for those working with a company) and how to paraphrase or summarise.
Overleaf - help when writing papers
Overleaf is designed to make the process of writing, editing and producing your research papers and project reports much quicker for both you and your collaborators. It helps with:
Overleaf have created a number of Webinars ranging in complexity from beginner to advanced. Click here to see the whole series.
Cite Them Right have a number of articles with guidance on:
We also recommend students download and review the following guides:
Look-up tool
Use Cite Them Right to look up how to correctly format citations and references for over 250 resource types. It includes information on citing when you have used AI. See also our guidance here at the bottom of our copyright page.
Cite Them Right have a number of articles with guidance on: Secondary referencing, Non-English naming conventions, Non-Roman scripts,Making changes to quotations, quoting material not in English.
Free referencing software
ZoteroBib
ZoteroBib is a free and easy to use open-source browser-based tool for creating short quick reference lists and generating in-text citations. Guidance and FAQs are available here.
Zotero
Zotero you must install both the application and the appropriate browser connector but it is free and you can continue using the resource after you have left LBS. Check our calendar for upcoming Zotero training sessions.
Mendeley
Free, but more popular among scientists.
EndNote
Using Endnote you can create a personal database of references relevant to you, along with associated files. You can nsert references into a Word document and format them automatically in a citation style of your choice. You can also de-duplicate references retrieved from multiple sources and share references with others.
EndNote for PhD researchers
The School has a site licence to use EndNote desktop for those Faculty or PhDs who request it. Email library@london.edu for further information.
EndNote for students
To get the full productivity value of EndNote, you need both the personal database “library” in the cloud, to which you can upload full-text of a bibliographic reference and also to have installed the EndNote “Cite While You Write” Word add-in. It’s all free but you must register via Web of Science’s EndNote option to pick up the LBS institutional entitlement.
But whatever you choose do email: library@london.edu if you have any questions or issues.
