Referencing is necessary to ensure you do not plagiarise (copy) someone else's work. You cannot present the work of someone else's as your own. This applies to the writings, ideas, statistics, images and audio recordings of other people, whether it is published or unpublished. You can avoid plagiarism by citing your sources.
Try these excellent tutorials on how and why to reference:
The APA Referencing Style will be used at LHC from the beginning of 2019. Students in Year 12 will continue to use Harvard Style. Please use these helpful links:
The Harvard Referencing style will be used by Year 12 students in 2019. Please use these helpful links:
Turnitin electronically checks student work for improper citation or potential plagiarism by comparing it against a worldwide text comparison database.
Some 'free for education' or open source material for images. Use this list to ensure you are respecting Intellectual Property and Copyright. Note: always double-check the terms before use