Harvard StyleReferencing Guide

What is referencing?

• Referencing or citing is a standard practice for acknowledging information sources in academic writing

• Whenever you write an assignment that requires you to find and use information you are expected to reference all sources of information and ideas in your writing

• At Somerset College we use the Harvard Referencing Style

Why reference?

• demonstrate your reading & research

• acknowledge the sources that have informed your work

• enable the reader to locate the information you have used

• To protect yourself from charges of plagiarism

In-text Citation

There are two components to a Harvard reference:

In-text citation:Insert an in-text citation each time you paraphrase or summarise someonelse’s ideas in your own words, use a direct quote or copy or adapt a diagram or table. Include the following details:

– the author’s family name (do not include given name)– the year of publication– page numbers where available

Click here for examples of in-text citations

Bibliography

The bibliography provides full bibliographic details for all of the sources referenced in your assignment. It includes the following:

– arranged alphabetically– a single list found at the end of your assignment

where books, journal articles & electronic sources are

listed together

Click here for a comprehensive list of different items formatted for a bibliography

Using Word 2010 referencing tool

Microsoft Word has an in-built referencing tool that will automatically generate correctly formatted in-text citations and a bibliography.2.On the references tab, in the Citations & Bibliography group, click the arrow next to style

3.Select the style you wish to use (Harvard)4.Click at the position you would like to insert a citation

5.On the References tab, click Insert Citation

6.To add source information click Add New Source

7.Fill in the source information by selecting Type of Source (e.g. book, website, journal article) and complete the remaining source information

8.To create a bibliography click Bibliography>Insert Bibliography

Help?

Having problems? Not sure how to format a particular source?

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librarysuppport@somerset.qld.edu.au

or

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