The 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, and that it demonstrates research, protects against plagiarism, and allows readers to locate sources. It also describes the components of in-text citations and bibliographies in the Harvard style and how to use the referencing tool in Microsoft Word to automatically generate references.

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 forma

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