How to use the

ONLINE REFERENCING GENERATOR

To automatically create your reference list using the

Harvard Author-Date System

Step 1.

• Click on the ‘ Library webpage’ icon on the desktop if you are at school.• Google renmark high library if you are at home.

This will take you to the Renmark High School Library Homepage.

Click on the online referencing generator

Step 2.• You will need to type in a password. Leave the user name blank and type ‘index’

for the password.• Click okay• Choose Middle School Bibliography (Years 8-9) or Senior Bibliography (Years 10-

12 (Let’s begin)

Step 3• Look at the source you are getting your information from and choose the

corresponding source from the major headings. i.e website without an author (found under the heading

Website)i.e. Encyclopedia, electronic (eg. Wikipedia or Britanica) and

(found under the heading Encyclopedia)

Click here for website without an author.

Click here for electronic Encyclopaedia.

These are the different headings of information sources.

Step 4Example: website without an author• Type in the title of your article in the box called ‘Title of Article’• Type in the name of the ‘sponsor’ or who owns the webpage and when it ‘was

last updated’ (if there is no date type in n.d.)• Copy and paste the URL into the correct box.• Click on ‘create citation’.

Click on Create citation

You do not have to type the day you accessed the information, as it will come up automatically.

Step 5Copy and paste your citation into a word document with a heading REFERENCE LIST

Step 5• Copy and paste your citation into a word document with a heading REFERENCE

LIST• Remember to keep the source formatting or you will lose the italics which is part

of the Harvard Author-Date System.

Step 6

• Your final product should look like the example below.

• When you have several references in your list you need to arrange them in alphabetical order by the first word, which is usually an author’s last or the title. Ignore A, An, or The as first words of a title for the list order.

REFERENCE LIST

Holly, P n.d., Nutella, The Atlantic, accessed 30 March 2014, <http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/12/map-all-the-countries-that-contribute-to-a-single-jar-of-nutella/282252/>. Year 7 transition, 2013, Renmark High School, accessed 22 November 2013, <http://libguides>.