At university you are expected to reference when you quote, paraphrase or summarise others ideas, when using statistics, diagrams or charts, when discussing pictures, videos and social media posts and when referring to theories or concepts.

Watch the video below to learn more about the answers to some common referencing questions such as how to secondary reference and to reference sources without a publication date. 

It is important that you do not only reference at the end of your assignment, alphabetising the reference list by the authors surname if referencing in the Harvard style, but that you include an in text citation to indicate the point at which you have paraphrased, summarised or quoted another persons work. This indicates to your reader that you have read widely and they can find the work you have used with ease. 

If you use a different referencing system, other than Harvard on your course, you may find that you are expected to include numbers or footnotes instead of the in text citation described above. See Cite Them Right Online for full details including referencing expectations and examples for the referencing system used on your course. 

See the document below to support you to decode your references in an assignment in the Harvard Style. 

University of Cambridge (ND) Good academic practice and avoiding plagiarism. Available at: https://libguides.cam.ac.uk/plagiarism/quoting (Accessed: 14 July 2023).