Research Into Harvard Referencing

Research into Harvard Referencing
A wide range of research will inform your ideas and help you build up a coherent argument in an essay.
It is also important to reference properly when you have used someone else’s ideas or words. ‘Failure to
properly reference using the Harvard system may make the reader think that you are cheating by
claiming someone else’s work as your own. In the academic environment, this is called plagiarism and it
is seen as a very serious offence.’ (Dhann, 2001)
This is what you need to keep a record of for your bibliography:

For books, record:
• The author’s or editor’s name (or names)
• The year the book was published
• The title of the book
• If it is an edition other than the first
• The city the book was published in
• The name of the publisher
For journal articles record:

•The author’s name or names
• The year in which the journal was published
• The title of the article
• The title of the journal
• The page number/s of the article in the journal
• As much other information as you can find about the journal, for example the volume and issue
numbers
For electronic resources, try to collect the information on the left if it is available, but also record:
• The date you accessed the source
• The electronic address or email
• The type of electronic resource (email, discussion forum, WWW page, etc)
Referencing within your writing :
All universities have websites to help you cite work and reference. They are available
online and are valuable source to use and refer to if you are unsure.
You need to research the following-
Describe what paraphrasing is and show how to reference it within an essay
Paraphrasing means formulating someone else's ideas in your own words.

To paraphrase a source, you have to rewrite a passage without changing
the meaning of the original text. Paraphrasing is an alternative to quoting, where you
copy someone's exact words and put them in quotation marks. You’d reference it the
same way you’d reference other works.
Describe how to show direct quotations from an author in an essay.

Use the exact words of the author. Make sure your quotation blends with the
sentence. Use strong or weak author to acknowledge the source. Use reporting
words or phrases to integrate the quote into your writing.
Also describe how to cite from an articles with more than one author.
You should include all author names in the reference. Where a source has a very
long list of authors, eg in the case of some scientific articles, you might wish to
consult your tutor on whether to use "et al." in place of some author names.
If you are citing a longer piece of information how would you present it?
Make sure you paraphrase it and don’t just copy and paste the information, pick and choose
the important parts and try to put it into your own words.
Show how you would reference if the author is anonymous.
If the work does not have an author, cite the source by its title in the signal phrase or
use the first word or two in the parentheses. Titles of books and reports are italicized;
titles of articles, chapters, and web pages are in quotation marks.
Show how you would reference information taken from a discussion, interview or
lecture.
Interview:
To be made up of:
 Name of person interviewed.
 Year of interview (in round brackets).
 Title of the interview (if any) (in single quotation marks).
 Interview with/interviewed by.
 Interviewer's name.
 Title of publication or broadcast (in italics).
 Day and month of interview, page numbers (if relevant).
If published on the internet add:

 Available at: URL.
 (Accessed: date)
In-text citation:
Jones (2009) believed…
Reference list:
Jones, K. (2009). Interview with Kevin Jones for The Times, 7 July, p. 88.
Discussion:
When citing a discussion post in your reference list, include the author of the post,
the date, the name of the discussion thread, and the course URL.

For example:
Smattering, L. (2014, February 28). Re: Academic Integrity [Discussion post]. Walden
University Blackboard. https://class.waldenu.edu

Your in-text citation would follow the normal citation order: (Smattering, 2014).
Lecture:
The basics of a Reference List entry for lecture notes:
 Author or authors. The surname is followed by first initials.
 Year.
 Title (in italics).
 Description of format.
 Unit name and Unit code.
 University.
 Date lecture was delivered.
Example:
Naughton, S 2018, Seminar 7: Transforming organisations: strategy, structure & design,
lecture notes, Organisation Change Management BMO6624, Victoria University, delivered
21 May 2018.
Show how you would reference information taken from an online source.
Hellerman, J. (2019). How a Film Color Palette Can Make You a Better Filmmaker [W/
Infographics]. Available: https://nofilmschool.com/Film-color-theory-and-color-schemes.
Last accessed jan 2021.

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This is what you need to keep a record of for your bibliography:

For journal articles record:

Referencing within your writing :

Describe what paraphrasing is and show how to reference it within an essay

Paraphrasing means formulating someone else's ideas in your own words.

Describe how to show direct quotations from an author in an essay.

Show how you would reference if the author is anonymous.

If published on the internet add:

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