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Research & Referencing

Referencing - Referencing Guide

 

Referencing is a way of avoiding plagiarism by giving credit to the information that you use. It also supports your ideas by demonstrating that you've used reliable and credible sources.

Any information that you use from other sources (books, videos, websites, articles, etc.) must be referenced, including: 

  • Facts
  • Figures
  • Diagrams
  • Images/photos

 

Referencing Guide

At The Gordon, we refer to the Deakin Harvard Guide to Referencing. Harvard referencing has two components:

In-text references: include the author's last name, date of publication and page numbers in brackets within your text.

Reference list: appears at the end of your text, and includes all the details (title, publisher, volume, etc.) of the resources you've used, listed alphabetically by the authors' last names.  

The mini-referencing guide below shows you how to reference the most commonly used resources. Click on the relevant source type to see how to correctly reference the text.