A Guideline Referencing Essay

REFERENCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHIES   September 2009

IMPORTANT: this guide is intended as a helpful reference document. Your tutor is the authority on how your references should be presented. Please consult your School or your tutor as well as this guide.

All students must use the Harvard system unless instructed otherwise by their School.

Examples summary 2

1. General 4
      1.1 Introduction 4
      1.2. Citations in your text 4
1.2.1 Second-hand references 5
1.2.2 Quotations 5
      1.3 Reference list at the end of the text 5
2. References to books 7
      2.1 Chapters or parts of books 8
3. References to journals and serials (including newspapers) 8
4. References to government and official publications 9
5. Conferences, theses, standards, patents 12
6. Film, DVD/video, broadcast media – radio, TV, podcasts 13
7. Music 14
8. Online Resources 16
8.1 Journal or newspaper articles 16
8.2 eBooks 16
8.3 eBooks with chapters by different authors 17
      8.4 Abstract from a database 18
      8.5 Pages from the Internet, including pdf files 18
      8.6 CD-ROMs and floppy disks 19
      8.7 E-mail 19
      8.8 Blog/newsgroup/discussion forum 19
9. Unpublished works 20
10. Leaflets, pamphlets, posters, etc. 20

Appendix – Numeric system 21
Further reading 22

EXAMPLES SUMMARY

People often get very worried about referencing, but for straightforward references, just follow the examples!

Journal Article
McBride-Henry, K. and Foureur, M. (2007) A secondary care nursing perspective on medication administration safety. Journal of Advanced Nursing, Vol. 60(1), pp. 58-66.

Printed Book
Williams, S. and Adam-Smith, D. (2006) Contemporary employment relations: a critical introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Chapters or Parts of Books
Johnson, M. and...