Harvard System of Referencing Guide

Avoiding plagiarism is essential when producing written assignments. This guide summarises how to reference other people's work.

Author's name cited in the text

When making reference to an author's work in your text their name is followed by the year of publication of their work, in brackets (parentheses) and forms part of the sentence:

Cormack (1994, pp.32-33) states that 'when writing for a professional readership, writers invariably make reference to already published works'.

In general, when writing for a professional publication, it is good practice to make reference to other relevant published work. This view has been supported in the work of Cormack (1994, pp.32-33).

Books

Using the title page not the book cover, for the reference details. The required elements for a book reference are:

Author, Initials/first name., Year. Title of book. Edition. (only include this if not the first edition) Place: Publisher.

Redman, P., 2006. Good essay writing: a social sciences guide. 3rd ed. London: Open University in assoc. with Sage.

Baron, David P., 2008. Business and the organisation. 6th ed. Chester (CT): Pearson.

E-books

For e-books the required elements for a reference are:

Author, Year, Title of book. [type of medium] Place of publication: Publisher. Followed by "Available at:" (then) include e-book source and web site address/URL(Uniform Resource Locator) and routing details if needed. [Accessed date].

Fishman, R., 2005. The rise and fall of suburbia. [e-book] Chester: Castle Press.
Available at: University Library/Digital Library/e-books http://libweb.anglia.ac.uk/E-books
[Accessed 5 June 2005].

Carlsen, J. & Charters, S., eds. 2007. Global wine tourism. [e-book] Wallingford: CABI Pub.
Available at: University Library/Library Catalogue/ https://oscar.lib.anglia.ac.uk/
[Accessed 9 June 2008].

For a pdf version of a Government Publication or similar:

Authorship, Year, Title of book. [type of medium] Place of publication: Publisher. Followed by "Available at:" include address/URL(Uniform Resource Locator) and routing details if needed. [Accessed date].

Department of Health, 2008. Health inequalities: progress and next steps. [pdf] London: Department of Health
Available at: http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_085307
[Accessed 9 June 2008].

N.B. the URL should be underlined.

Websites

For websites found on the world wide web the required elements for a reference are:

Authorship or Source, Year. Title of web document or web page. [Medium] Available at: include web site address/URL(Uniform Resource Locator) and additional details such as access or routing from the home page of the source. [Accessed date].

National electronic Library for Health. 2003. Can walking make you slimmer and healthier? (Hitting the headlines article). [Online] (Updated 16 Jan 2005)
Available at: http://www.nhs.uk.hth.walking [Accessed 10 April 2005].

N.B. the URL should be underlined

The title of a web page is normally the main heading on the page.

It is good practice to keep a copy of the front page of any website you use. Avoiding plagiarism is essential when producing written assignments. This guide summarises how to reference other people's work.

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