Harvard guide to citing references

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1 ry Services Harvard guide to citing references One widely used method of referencing is the Harvard system. This involves indicating your source of information briefly in the text, giving the author s surname and the date of publication (usually within parentheses) and then providing full details of the publication in the list of references at the end. Your final references list should include all (and only) the works that you have mentioned in your assignment, in alphabetical order by author. Titles of books,journals, and magazines should be set in italics; titles of articles, chapters and journal extracts should be enclosed in inverted commas. Remember to include the place of publication and publisher in references for books, and the volume and number in references for journal articles Quoting versus plagiarism When setting out your own ideas or arguments, it is particularly important that you do not reproduce extracts from any sources with little or no change, as this gives the impression that you are trying to pass off someone else s ideas as your own. This could constitute plagiarism, which is treated as a very serious offence. 1 In-text citations In the Harvard system, references in the text (in-text citations) are referred to by the author s name and year of publication, for example: It is stated that (Bloggs, 2007) or Bloggs (2007) states If you are directly quoting material (i.e. using the exact form of words used in the original and putting the text in quote marks), you will also need to include the page number(s) of the quoted material in your in-text citation, for example: Bloggs talks about the importance of preparation for interviews (2007, p. 57). This is also the case for quoting material for all the types of text referred to in the rest of this guide, unless page numbers are not available. In the reference list or bibliography, items are listed only once in alphabetical order. In some cases you may refer to more than one publication by an author for a specific year. To help identify these different items for your in-text citation and reference list, you should add a letter of the alphabet to the year of publication, for example: (Thomson, 2004a), (Thomson, 2004b) and (Thomson, 2004c) where a, b and c refer to the order in which they are cited in your text. When you come across a publication with 3 or more authors you only list the first author for the in-text citation followed by et al. For example: 1

2 (Jones et al., 2007) but in the reference list or bibliography you would list each author in full. 2 Reference lists References in the reference list or bibliography give, in alphabetical order by author surname, full details of all the sources you have used in the text, for example: Bourdieu, P. (1992) The Logic of Practice, Cambridge, Polity. Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) (2007) This Way to Better Streets: 10 Case Studies on Improving Street Design, London, CABE; also available online at (Accessed 12 February 2009). Foucault, M. (1977) Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison, Harmondsworth, Penguin. Glaskin, M. (2004) Innovation: the end of the white line, Sunday Times, 22 August, [online], (Accessed 12 February 2009). Goffman, E. (1959) The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life, New York, Anchor Books. House of Commons (2003) Hansard, 2 July, Column 407 [online], (Accessed 13 February 2009). McNichol, T. (2004) Roads gone wild, Wired Magazine, issue 12.12, December [online], (Accessed 13 February 2009). Shared Space (2005) Shared Space: Room for Everyone, Leeuwarden, Shared Space; also available online at (Accessed 21 February 2009). Thompson, K. (2003) Fantasy, franchises, and Frodo Baggins: The Lord of the Rings and modern Hollywood, The Velvet Light Trap, vol. 52, no. 3, pp Ruppert, E.S. (2006) The Moral Economy of Cities: Shaping Good Citizens, Toronto, University of Toronto Press. 3 Secondary referencing You may want to use a quotation or an idea from a source referenced in another work. You haven t read the original, but have discovered it through a secondary source. This is known as secondary referencing. Ideally you should try to get hold of the original, but if you can t then you need to make it clear in your work that you have not read the original and are referencing the secondary source, for example: In-text citation: Bloggs, quoted in Smith (2007) states I love chocolate (p. 4). Or Bloggs, cited in Smith (2007), loves chocolate. 2

3 In the reference list you would provide details for the source you read it in e.g.: Smith, J. (2007) Musings from Chocolate Lovers, Bicester, JFJ Press. For secondary referencing of work cited in course units, see Section 7. 4 Books, book chapters and ebooks 4.1 Books The correct format for referencing a book is: Author, A. (year of publication in brackets) Title of Book in italics, place of publication, publisher. Chalke, S. (2003) How to Succeed as a Working Parent, London, Hodder & Stoughton. In-text citation: (Chalke, 2003) or Chalke (2003) says 4.2 Book chapters The correct format for referencing a book chapter one written by a particular author and included in an edited book is: Author, A. (year of publication) Title of chapter in Editor, A. (ed) Title of Book, place of publication, publisher. Mason, R. (1994) The educational value of ISDN, in Mason, R. and Bacsich, P. (eds), ISDN: Applications in Education and Training, Exeter, Short Run Press In-text citation: (Mason, 1994) or Mason (1994) states 4.3 ebooks The correct format for referencing an ebook is: Author, A. (year of publication) Title of Book [online], URL (date accessed). Willie, S. S. (2003) Acting Black: College, Identity and the Performance of Race [online], (Accessed 10 April 2010) In-text citation: (Willie, 2003) or Willie (2003) notes that 4.4 ebooks on ebook readers The correct format for referencing an ebook used on an ebook reader (such as a Kindle reader) is: Author, A. (year of ebook publication) Title of Book [ebook], place of publication, publisher. Matthews, D. J. (2010) What Cats Can Teach Us [ebook], London, Penguin. In-text citation: (Matthews, 2010) or Matthews (2010) notes that As page numbers are not available on ebook readers, use the chapters instead for indicating the location of a quoted section: In-text quotation: Matthews notes that kittens are often delightful (2010, Chapter 6) 3

4 5 Journal and ejournal articles 5.1 Journal article The correct format for referencing a journal article is: Author, A. (year of publication) Title of article, Title of Journal, volume, number, page numbers. Thompson, K. (2003) Fantasy, franchises, and Frodo Baggins: The Lord of the Rings and modern Hollywood, The Velvet Light Trap, vol. 52, no. 3, pp In-text citation: (Thompson, 2003) or Thompson (2003) writes that 5.2 ejournal articles The correct format for referencing an ejournal article is: Author, A. (year of publication) Title of article, Title of Journal, number, volume [online], URL (date accessed). Virkus, S. (2003) Information literacy in Europe: a literature review, Information Research, vol. 8, no. 4 [online], (Accessed 28 October 2003). In-text citation: (Virkus, 2003) or Virkus (2003) states 6 URLs for ejournals For electronic journal articles you are advised to put the name of the service the item is from, or the URL. Some databases and electronic journals provide persistent URLs. This is a URL that should get you direct to the article use this if given. Other journal articles may have a digital object identifier (DOI). Again, this is a unique address to find the article and if you have this put that beside the available from information. If neither of these apply, and your article is from a database, we would recommend just listing the name of the database you got it from. This is because if you copy the address from the database, it is unlikely to work for someone else using it to find the article. 7 Newspaper articles: print and online 8.1 Newspaper: print The correct format for referencing a printed newspaper article is: Author, A. (year of publication) Title of the article, Title of the Newspaper, date, page number. Mackay, C. (2002) Alert over big cat, The Daily Mirror, 4 July, p. 28. In-text citation: (Mackay, 2002) or Mackay (2002) states 4

5 8.2 Newspaper: online The correct format for referencing an online newspaper article is: Author, A. (year of publication) Title of the article, Title of the Newspaper, date, [online] URL (date accessed). MacLeod, D. (2007) Oxbridge trainee teachers twice as likely to get jobs, Guardian, 3 August, [online] d=8 (Accessed 3 August 2007). In text citation: (MacLeod, 2007) or MacLeod (2007) states 8 Online documents, personal sites, blogs, podcasts and images 8.1 Online documents The correct format for referencing an online document is: Author, A. (year of publication if given) Title of Document [online], place of publication, publisher, URL (date accessed). Spitzer, K. L., Eisenberg, M. B. and Lowe, C. A. (1998) Information Literacy: Essential Skills for the Information Age [online], Syracuse, NY, ERIC Clearinghouse on Information and Technology, Syracuse University (ED ) (Accessed 28 October 2003). In-text citation: (Spitzer et al., 1998) or Spitzer et al. (1998) state 8.2 Personal or organisational websites The correct format for referencing a personal or organisational website is: Author, A (year of publication/last updated) Title of Website [online], URL (date accessed). Open University Library (2005) Welcome to the Open University Library [online], (Accessed 2 February 2010). In text citation: (Open University Library, 2005) or Open University Library (2005) states 8.3 Blogs The correct format for referencing a blog is: Author, A. (year of publication/last updated), Title of message, Title of Website, day/month of posted message [online], URL (date accessed). Sloniowski, L. (2005) Because sharing is nice, Information Literacy in Canada, 30 June [online], (Accessed 2 February 2009). In text citation: (Sloniowski, 2005) or Sloniowski (2005) states 5

6 Note: Some blog authors may choose to remain anonymous by using an alias. Use this instead of surname and initials if that is all that is available. 8.4 Podcasts The correct format for referencing a podcast is: Title of podcast (year of publication), podcast type, podcaster, place of podcast [online], URL (date accessed). The wings of a butterfly (2005), podcast radio programme, ABC Radio National, Sydney [online], (Accessed 16 September 2005). In text citation: (The wings of a butterfly, 2005) or in The wings of a butterfly (2005) it is said 9 Images: online images and works of art 9.1 Online images The correct format for referencing an online image is: Title of Image (year of publication) [online], URL (date accessed). Mary of Modena, fleeing with her son James Francis Edward Stewart (c.1688) [online], (Accessed 2 February 2006). In text citation: When looking at the image Mary of Modena, fleeing with her son James Francis Edward Stewart (c.1688), it is obvious that 9.2 Works of art The correct format for referencing a work of art is: Artist, A. (year of production), Title of Image, medium, size, location. Horan, D., (2002) Kipper in the Cat s Mouth, watercolour, 20 x 30 cm, National Gallery, London. In text citation: (Horan, 2002) or Horan (2002) demonstrates 10 Audiovisual material: TV programmes, films and YouTube 10.1 TV programme The correct format for referencing an TV programme is: Title of Programme (year) channel, date of transmission. The Apprentice (2008) BBC 1, 11 June. In text citation: Sir Alan Sugar (The Apprentice, 2008) exemplifies If you are accessing the programme online, e.g. via BBC iplayer, then you would amend the reference as follows: 6

7 The Apprentice (2008) BBC 1, 14 June [online], (Accessed 16 June 2008) Film The correct format for referencing a film is: Title of Film, film, directed by Director Name, place of distribution, distribution company, year of distribution. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, film, directed by Peter Jackson, New York, Newline Productions Inc, In-text citation: The animation of the Ents (Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, 2003) is a good example of 10.3 YouTube item The correct format for referencing a YouTube item is: Title of Item (year of distribution), YouTube video, added by name of who uploaded it [online], URL, (date accessed). Google Privacy: A Look at Cookies (2008) YouTube video, added by googleprivacy [online], (Accessed 12 June 2008). In-text citation: Maile Ohye discusses (Google Privacy: A Look at Cookies, 2008) 7