This document provides information on referencing sources using the Harvard referencing system. It explains that a reference list must be included with any assignment to give credit to original authors and allow readers to locate cited sources. The Harvard method requires including the author's name, publication date, title, publisher and page numbers for books, and author, date, title and URL for webpages. In-text citations include the author's name and date in parentheses. Online tools are available to help with referencing and checking for plagiarism.

1. REFERENCING Harvard System for Level
2

2. REFERENCING
You must keep a list (known as a reference list) of all the
books, journals and webpages you use to help you complete
assignments or presentations.
This is kept at the end of your assignment.
There are several systems for referencing. At West Thames
College students are asked to use the Harvard system.

3. WHY IS THIS
IMPORTANT?
The two main reasons it is important to produce a
bibliography/references list are:
You must give credit to the person that wrote the book, article
or webpage. You cannot pass their work off as your own.
Anyone that reads your assignment must be able to retrace
your steps and locate the information you have used.

4. HARVARD METHOD
When writing your reference list using the Harvard Method;
yourReference list /bibliography should include:
 The name of the author(s)
 The year of publication
 The title of the work
 The place of publication
 The name of the publisher

5. BOOKS
How to Reference Books
1.Author
2.Date of publication in brackets
3.Title (in italics)
4.Place of publication, if known.
5.Publisher.
Example:
Woodhead, J (2010). Trave land To urism Le ve l2 . Harlow:
Pearson Education Limited. p1-37.

6. WEBPAGES
How to Reference Webpages/Websites
1.Name of author and/or organisation.
2.Date of site publication
3.Title (in italics).
4.URL or website address.
5.The date you accessed it in brackets.
A webpage orwebsite:
Visit Britain. (2012). Inbo und To urism Tre nds. Available:
http://www.visitbritain.org/insightsandstatistics/inboundtourismf
acts (Last accessed 5th Oct 2012)

7. IN TEXT
Now you know what you have to write in references list or
bibliography, but how do you reference in the text?
Put everything in brackets. (Author, year, pg)
Exam ple s:
(Woodhead, 2010, pg 12)
(VisitBritain, 2012)

8. ONLINE TOOLS
For Harvard Referencing and plagiarism:
 http://www.refme.com/
 http://www.neilstoolbox.com/
 http://smallseotools.com/plagiarism-checker/
There are many other on-line tools available and they are
not always free from error, so we recommend you always
double check your work before submitting it.