The summary.
REFERENCE WHEN IN DOUBT
There is no penalty for over-referencing and a serious one for the reverse.
Quotation, paraphrase, data, arguments and images all require attribution. Your own analysis does not.
USE THE REQUIRED STYLE EXACTLY, AND NEVER MIX STYLES
Inconsistency is immediately visible. Obtain the official guide rather than working from memory.
Check every citation has a matching entry, and every entry appears in the text.
A PARAPHRASE IS THE IDEA IN YOUR OWN WORDS AND STRUCTURE
Changing words while keeping the structure is still plagiarism.
Read it, put it away, write from memory, then check you have not reproduced the phrasing.
MOST ACCIDENTAL PLAGIARISM COMES FROM NOTES
That do not distinguish quotation from paraphrase, or that lost their source.
Intent matters less than people expect — it is judged much the same.
CITING FROM SOMEONE ELSE'S CITATION IMPLIES YOU READ SOMETHING YOU DID NOT
Read the original, or say where you found it.
ON AI TOOLS, ESTABLISH WHAT IS PERMITTED FOR EACH ASSESSMENT
Verify every reference — invented citations to sources that do not exist are easily detected.
Never submit anything you could not explain if questioned.
