AI Research Tool for the United Kingdom University Students

UK higher education emphasises critical engagement with scholarly literature — not descriptive summaries of textbooks or websites.

Harvard referencing (author-date) is widely used across arts, humanities, business, and social sciences. Law faculties often require OSCOLA footnote citation for essays and dissertations.

Scholise helps you find peer-reviewed sources, build evidence tables, and export Harvard reference lists. For law students, use Scholise to discover academic commentary while formatting footnotes to OSCOLA rules in your final document.

UK plagiarism policies are strict. Using tools that hallucinate references puts you at serious academic misconduct risk — Scholise only cites verifiable papers.

Citation styles commonly used

• Harvard (author-date)
• OSCOLA (law)
• APA 7 (some sciences)
• Chicago (history and some humanities)

Academic conventions

• Develop an original argument supported by academic sources
• Use British English spelling unless submitting to an international journal
• Reference both seminal and recent literature where appropriate
• Follow your department's specific style guide — faculties vary within institutions