How do I apply this reference technique?

There are different ways of referencing:

Paraphrasing (writing the ideas in your own words)

	Harvard style
	Anderson (1987:73-74) advances three arguments against the death penalty. He contends that the death penalty is inhuman and no society that purports to be civilised can condone it.
	Note: The sentence starts with the surname of the author followed by the date and page reference in round brackets

OR

Quoting (writing the exact words of the author)

	Harvard style
	"My arguments against the death penalty are three-fold. To do away with any human being is uncivilised and inhuman. There is no proof that the death penalty acts as a deterrent to heinous criminal acts... and it's a documented fact that many innocent men and women have been wrongly sentenced for the crimes of others" (Anderson, 1987:73-74).
	Notes: The ellipsis (....), indicates that you have omitted certain words in the original. The information copied from the original author is given in quotation marks ("....") The sentence ends with the surname of the author, the date of the publication and the page references in round brackets. APA style is different: the date is followed by a comma and the pages are preceded by p. (p full stop space 73.)

Two other forms of quoting

	Harvard style
	Anderson (1987:74) states: "The death penalty is no deterrent to crime."
	OR
	Anderson (1987:74) concludes that "the death penalty is no deterrent to crime".

The above examples are from a book with a single author. Examples of other types of sources are given in the sections "Compiling the bibliography" (Harvard Bibliography | Vancouver Bibliography).