Hmm gotcha… going through CMS collections usually takes a long time for members… I suspect that’s why no quick response 
But you mentioned referencing. I assume you watched the University tutorial, if not check it here:
Notice on that page after the video, at the very bottom:
Why can’t I show multi-reference field data in a Collection list?
At the moment, you can show multi-reference field values only on a Collection page, and not within a Collection list. Support for nested Collection lists is planned. Vote for and subscribe to status updates of this feature request.