一般而言作者可以不用耗費太大的精力在reference的排版上，頗受國外學校的青睞。國外大學，（實際上也包括國內高校），都會認為dissertation中單純引用了別人的想法卻不加標注原作者的行為是屬于剽竊。如果是重復率大達到一定篇幅數量了，說明dissertation存在抄襲的可能。dissertation將面臨重修，嚴重者甚至會被學校約談。國外大學都有自己的檢測系統，比較認可的有turnitin。哪怕只是一點點的小雷同，這段文字都會被標紅。

以下是一篇留學dissertation的部分reference，需要的同學可以參考閱讀：

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