Production Target - Research - Harvard Referencing

There are two steps to presenting the sources you have used.
    •    Citing the reference in the test (essay/project)
    •    Using a bibliography by listing the reference at the end of the work

Citing
 
When referencing to someone Else's work you need to site your source by using the author's surname, year of publication and page number in brackets. If you include the author's name in the sentence then you only need to include the year of publication and page number in the brackets.


You need to cite your source when you:


    •    Quote
    •    Paraphrase
    •    Summarise
    •    Refer to someone elses idea

If you are pulling out a quote of a book you should either use a quotation mark or you should have the quote separated from the rest of the text. After the quote you should then use brackets to state the the authors name, the year the book was published and the page number of the quote. For example:


Charlotte instantly becomes introverted, the attention of her friends making her look uncomfortable, a feeling I can easily relate to. (Giovanna Fletcher 2013, p. 19).

If you were to reference the book you would use the following technique:

Author. Year. Book title. Place: Publisher.

Bibliography


Firstly you need to find the first and last name of someone who has written what you are referencing, firstly you put the author's last name then the forename initial. This is followed by the date of publication in brackets. After this comes the title of the book/journal in italics, then the place it was published and then comes the publisher and it is ended with the page number. 


Miles, C. (2015). Pink Ladies. [Blog]. Chloehelenmiles. Available at: http://chloehelenmiles.com/2015/08/24/pink-ladies/ [Accessed 26.01.16]


Last name, First initial. (Year published).  Post title. [Blog] Blog name. Available at: URL [Accessed Day Mo. Year).

It is important to reference because it can support your work and give the reader factual knowledge, it stops from any plagiarism and it can allow the reader to locate where you got your work from.