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What Actually Happens When You Cross-Check a Thesis
A step-by-step walk through a real reference cross-check — upload, review, de-duplicate, match, and the report at the end. What is free, what costs credits, and which doors close behind you.
Doctoral Research
Reference integrity in doctoral work — checking that every citation in a thesis resolves to a reference before submission.