This document provides an overview of the Harvard referencing style, explaining that it is used to acknowledge information sources in academic writing by including in-text citations and a bibliography. It describes the components of in-text citations and bibliographic entries, and how to generate correctly formatted references using the referencing tool in Microsoft Word. The document also offers help resources for formatting sources according to the Harvard style.

1. Harvard Style
Referencing Guide

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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 f

6. 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

7. Help?
Having problems? Not sure how to format a
particular source?
Email us at :
librarysuppport@somerset.qld.edu.au
or
Come and see us in the Library