Essay referencing question

[DayOne]

Hi,

I'm new to a uni course involving writing essays and am not sure about how to reference and was wondering if anyone could help.

We use the Harvard system. I'm not sure about how to reference in the following situation:

A paragraph like this:

Point A, point B, Point C, Point D. (All from the same source).

If I only put the reference at the end how do they know I'm not just referencing point D? But it seems silly to put...

Point A (Smith, 2007), Point B (Smith, 2007), Point C (Smith, 2007)...etc

I also need to reference websites and am not sure how to reference them in the text. I think I know what to put at the end in the list, but not in the text itself.

Can anyone help?

(P.S. Sorry if this is in the wrong section of the forum)

[m0vingon]

I'm not familiar with the Harvard system. All of my papers are APA. I'm sure there are tons of crib sheets online. here are a couple I found:
Harvard System of Referencing Guide
Harvard Style - referencing online sources

For the paragraph you are writing, are you using direct quotes or just concepts? I find that in situations like that I may state in my text "I will be drawing upon the work of (author's name) throughout the following section...". I use the author's name in the discussion, and then I can just use dates for the citation. But really, a good paper should not be built on quotes, the quotes should be tossed in to support your own ideas and dialogue. Maybe there is a way to organize it so that you don't have run-on quotes and citations? Most profs don't like that.

As for online sources, I would assume that you are using scholarly works that include dates and authors names on the site. If so, you cite it the same as any other work with the author's name, the year and the paragraph, page number, chapter, or some other identifying characteristic. ie: (Pavlina, 2006. Introducton, para. 2). In the reference you'd include the author's name, the name of the article, the URL, the date, and the date retrieved.
ie:
Pavlina, S. 2006, Who the heck are we anyway? www.whattheheck.com, retrieved December 19, 2007.

Or some such. Best check the URLs I enclosed just in case it's significantly different than APA, but I have doubts that it is.

Clear as mud? I hope this helped a little... GL with your paper!