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What is referencing and why is it necessary?

Referencing is a standardmethod of acknowledging the sources of information you have consulted. Anything – words, figures, graphs, theories, ideas, facts – originating from another source and used in your assignment must be referenced (i.e. acknowledged)

•To avoid plagiarism
•So that the reader can verify quotations
Assignment example:

You are writing an assignment about “Communications in Organisations” and you have consulted a book by Henry McClave, called “Communications for Business”. In this book you have found a quotation that you want to include in your assignment. You do that as follows:

“The ability to communicate effectively is often cited as the key characteristic of the successful manager or administrator” (McClave, 1997: 1)

The following is an example of the bibliographic entry when using the Harvard Business Style:

Bibliography

McClave, Henry. 1997. Communication for business. 2nd ed. Dublin . Gill and Macmillan.
 

Year of publication Edition of publication Publishers

Author Title of publication Place of publication

What information do I need for proper referencing?

•An acknowledgement within the body of your essay should include the name of the author, the date of publication and the page numbers, e.g. (Forde, 2001: 73-74)
•At this point – known as “in-text referencing” you are only giving the reader the author, date of publication and page reference of the source. The full details should be included in the bibliography.