Harvard Referencing

Lecture 4

Class Discussion
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What do you understand by the term referencing? Why is it important to be able to reference correctly?

Referencing at Sunderland

The system we use is the Harvard (author/date) System There are many variations on this system (for instance, different publishers have slight differences) The important thing is to be consistent in your work.

Cite Them Right

The University has subscribed to an electronic version of Cite Them Right, writen by Richard Pears and Graham Shields. The hard copy version (recommended) is available from bookshops (Amazon 7-99) under the following: Pears, R. & Shields, G. (2005) Cite Them Right: the essential guide to referencing and plagiarism. Newcastle upon Tyne: Pear Tree Books.

ACCESSING ONLINE FREE VERSION OF CITE THEM RIGHT (old version)

Cite Them Right Exercise

Your tutor will now take you on a tour of Cite Them Right

Tips for using Cite Them Right

You will need to practise to familiarise yourself with the system Try typical examples of in-text and end-text citations Have Cite Them Right/ typed examples to hand when you are writing your assignments Always make sure that you have the appropriate end-text citation to match your in-text citation

An excellent set of Harvard Referencing tutorials are available at :

An introduction to Referencing http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/nursing/sonet/rlos/studyskills/referencing/ Referencing books Tutorial http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/nursing/sonet/rlos/studyskills/referencing _books/index.html Referencing Journals Tutorial http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/nursing/sonet/rlos/studyskills/referencing _journals/index.html Referencing Websites Tutorial http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/nursing/sonet/rlos/studyskills/referencing_we bsites/

Please note you need to be consistent with whichever system (cite them right, Nottingham etc) you are using

And You can Use the Online Guide below, which uses a very clear menu system :

http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/nursing/sonet/rlos/studyskills/harvard/ Note: CETL use of RLOs is free for educational purposes!

http://www.rlocetl.ac.uk/whatwedo/rlos/completedrlos.ph p

Other Referencing Tips

Do not keep references and quotations on scraps of paper. Use a ringbinder or similar journal to write notes on projects/ assignments and keep references and quotes. Put your references into your assignment as you proceed do not leave until the end there is nothing worse than looking for a reference you have lost!

Further referencing tips Ordering your References alphabetically

Create a table (1 column wide by say 20 rows) in word for you Reference List Enter references as you go along, author first When you have finished your essay, do a data sort in ascending alphabetical order to re-arrange your references correctly Erase the table border (no border) if you wish

Final Tips Re-using references/ articles

Consider some system of keeping references so that you can re-use Keep journals with essay notes/ references from year 1 of your studies Copy your tables of references and create an overall reference list Keep pdf files of articles in your own archive perhaps saving under subject folders

Looking ahead to advanced referencing

Its always a good idea to be able to cite references manually, as we have done here However, when you are writing a large report for instance your final 3rd year dissertation you may wish to use an electronic referencing programme which link to Word Examples of these are Endnote and Zotero and there are Gradually more researchers are beginning to use these but you need some time and effort to learn them you need to balance this up with the potential benefits. Something to bear in mind for the future!