MS Word Referencing Tool

•  Click on the References tab on the top menu.
• The tool you will be using is in the Citations & Bibliography section.
• The first thing you need to do is set your Referencing Style - for example, Harvard.
• Click on the button to the right of Style.
• Select Harvard.

Note: Check with your lecturers which referencing style to use. It may not always be Harvard.

• Point the cursor at the point in the document where you want to add a citation.
• Click Insert Citation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Start by choosing the Type of Source from the drop-down box – in this case, Book.
• Fill in the relevant sections of the form and Click OK to generate an in-text citation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• The in-text citation is automatically added to the document, as in the example here.

Journal Article

• Start by choosing the Type of Source from the drop-down box – in this case, Journal Article.
• Fill in the relevant sections of the form and Click OK to generate an in-text citation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Website

• Start by choosing the Type of Source from the drop-down box – in this case, Website.
• Fill in the relevant sections of the form and Click OK to generate an in-text citation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• The in-text citations for the Journal Article and the Website are automatically added to the document, as in the example here.

• When you have added citations for all of your sources, you can use the referencing tool to automatically
  generate a Bibliography or Reference List.
• On the References tab, click Bibliography.
• Click on the template of your choice, and Word will automatically generate a Reference List for you.

Note: The list is in alphabetical order as per the requirements of the Harvard Referencing system.