Tuesday, 23 April 2013

Harvard Referencing


Harvard Referencing

Harvard referencing is a method for citing other people’s work from literature and research. This can then be used as evidence to help support an argument. By using quotations and referencing sources you are avoiding plagiarism and ensuring that the author receives appropriate credit for their work. Harvard referencing also enables the reader to further research the topic by looking into your resources used.

All sources referenced should be included in a bibliography at the end of your assignment. When referencing literature from a book this should be listed as the Author’s name, year in brackets, book title, edition and place of publication. If it is another source you write the author, year in brackets, title of the article, title of the journal/newspaper etc., volume number, pages used.


“1. Citations are written in the text of your assignment by citing the author’s family/surname followed by the date of the source in brackets i.e. Brown (2010).

2. A complete list of all the citations used in your text will need to be provided at the end of your assignment. This is called your reference list or bibliography and needs to be presented in alphabetical author/originator order”.

(Academic Skills Tutors/Librarians, Information Services (March 2013), Harvard Quick Referencing Guide, page 1)

The bibliography should be listed in alphabetical order.
Here is a link to give you an example:

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