About this Booklet
The aim of this booklet is to provide you, the student, with clear guidelines on how to use the Harvard referencing system in essays and reports.
However, please note that although this booklet covers several resources, some assignments may require you to reference subject-specific resources, such as codes and clauses, Government documents / papers, information leaflets and sketches. For this information, please seek advice from your lecturer or course leader to ensure that you are using the desired format.
Referencing is a very important part of academic writing, and some markers will ignore any submitted work that does not have a reference list. Discussing others’ ideas and theories without using referencing is plagiarism. A good knowledge of referencing and its format ensures that you avoid plagiarising by mistake.
For any additional information and guidance regarding the Harvard referencing system, speak to your lecturer or course leader.
The Harvard Referencing System
How to use the Harvard system within your text:
When paraphrasing (re-wording) information, it is very important that you use references in order to show you fully understand the concepts you’re discussing / analysing. This can be done in three ways:
Examples:
Faulkner (1992) suggests that where verbal and non-verbal messages do not match, the non-verbal is more likely to be taken as true.
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Where verbal and non-verbal messages do not match, the non-verbal is more likely to be taken as true (Faulkner, 1992).
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Where verbal and non-verbal messages do not match, the non-verbal is more likely to be taken as true, as highli ...