verb

• (transitive) To direct the attention of (someone toward something)
  "The shop assistant referred me to the help desk on ground floor."
• (transitive) To submit to (another person or group) for consideration; to send or direct elsewhere.
  "He referred the matter to the principal."
• (transitive) To place in or under by a mental or rational process; to assign to, as a class, a cause, source, a motive, reason, or ground of explanation.
  "He referred the phenomena to electrical disturbances."
• (intransitive) To mention (something); to direct attention (to something)
  "To explain the problem, the teacher referred to an example in another textbook."

noun

• (journalism) A blurb on the front page of a newspaper issue or section that refers the reader to the full story inside the issue or section by listing its slug or headline and its page number.
  "A refer on page 1 of the Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015, edition of The Herald-News contained incorrect information about the story “Neighbors at odds over Joliet liquor license” that appeared on Page 4 of the same edition."