Take notes, create to-do lists, and save things you find online into Onenote or Evernote, and access all in one place.
Students can download free copies of Microsoft Office apps on up to 5 devices. Includes Word, Excel and PowerPoint and can be backed up on OneDrive.
See our instructions on how to download (university login required).
The Referencing Unit on Canvas covers the how to referencing. It will show you how to avoid plagiarism by creating accurate in-text citations and reference lists for your assignments, and how to use CiteThemRight (CTR) to format your references to the St George's Harvard standard.
Once you've located the information you need, you'll want to store it effectively so it can be retrieved when required; especially when citing and referencing the sources you have used in your academic work.
The Library has a number of resources to support you with referencing and reference management, which you can find detailed below.
Use the CTR search bar below to find out how to reference different sources. For example, type 'journal article' to see how to correctly reference a journal article. Use your St George's network login to access the full online resource when offsite.
You are expected to include citations and references in your academic work. St George's institutional referencing style is Harvard, based on the guidance in the book Cite Them Right (12th edition) by Pears & Shields (2022).
There are plenty of copies available in the Library or use you can use the online version below (see the virtual tutorial below).
Login with your university login at Cite Them Right online to guide you through the referencing process. Our Harvard Referencing Guide also offers some quick reference guidance for commonly used sources.
Remember: there are many different versions of Harvard, so to ensure you are referencing your work correctly you should only follow the guidance in Cite Them Right or resources produced by the Library.
Cite Them Right 12th Edition by When you find lots of information for your assignments and topics it can be difficult to keep track of all your sources. Using reference management software such as RefWorks, available to all university students, can help you to:
To learn how to use RefWorks, please see our Refworks Learning Unit on Canvas.