Referencing

1. Record your sources

Make sure as you research you keep track of where your information has come from.  Take notes which include:

• Book titles, authors, publishing dates and places
• Website links, company names, dates if possible
• Article titles, Publication title, authors, date written, link if online

WARNING!  If you don't record your sources immediately, it's easy to keep researching and then lose your original source.

2. Know the requirements

If your assignment doesn't include instructions on how to reference appropriately, ask your teacher for details of what is expected in your referencing and bibliography.

• How much detail is needed?
• What style should you use?
• Do you need to reference in the body of the assignment, or is a Bibliography at the end appropriate?

3. Follow the rules

Create your Bibliography using the appropriate style - this guide uses the Harvard Referencing style, see below for links to other styles. Make sure you are consistent with the style you use. See 'Write a bibliography'

• Don't forget to reference your image sources.  See 'Write a bibliography - Images'
• Make sure you include ALL of your sources and avoid the serious consequences of Plagiarism (using someone else's work as if it's your own). See 'Plagiarism'
• If you must reference in the body of your essay. See 'How to reference in an essay'

Different Referencing Styles

There are several styles used for writing references and Bibliographies. This guide will show you how to reference using the Harvard style.

Click on the links to find out more about other styles:

• APA
• Chicago
• Harvard
• Oxford

Information sourced  and adapted from Deakin University

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