A Guide to Referencing your Work

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Modern Humanities Research Association
3. Harvard (author-date) referencing system
   1. Citing sources in the text
   2. Sources with multiple authors
   3. Multiple sources by the same author
   4. Citing sources quoted in another source
   5. Reference list
   6. Books
   7. Books with more than one author
   8. Books with an editor or translator
   9. Chapters or articles from books
   10. Articles from journals
   11. Articles from newspapers and magazines
   12. Unpublished dissertations and theses
   13. Online sources
   14. Articles from electronic journals
   15. Recorded media - films, music, sound recordings etc.
   16. Variations on the Author-date system
4. Revision Exercises

Variations on the Author-date system

Parenthetical references

As with footnotes, there are many variations on the format of parenthetical citations and reference list entries given here. It does not normally matter which system you choose, as long as you are consistent and maintain the same format throughout your work.

Examples

There are many different styles of parenthetical referencing currently in use. The Modern Language Association of America (MLA), for example, recommends only including the author's name and a page reference if necessary in a citation, and omitting the date.

Here are some variations. Note the lack of 'p.' preceding the page references.

Reference list entries

There is a similar diversity in the format of reference list entries in books and articles written using the author-date system. Here are some examples.

Examples