A Guide to Referencing Academic Work

Table of Contents

1. A Guide to Referencing Academic Work
2. Referencing and plagiarism
3. Referencing Systems
4. Modern Humanities Research Association
5. 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 Unpublished dissertations and theses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
6. Revision quiz

Books

Books with a single author

The structure of the reference list for books is the simplest and provides the pattern for all other types of publication. Each entry should include the following information:

• Name of the author - in CAPITALS
• Date - year of publication
• Title - as written on the title page of the book, including any subtitle
• Edition - if not the first
• Publication details - place of publication, publisher

The name of the author should be written in CAPITALS, with the surname preceding the initials, and should be followed by a comma. Initials should always be used in preference to given names.

The year of publication can be found on the title page or copyright page of the book and should be followed by a full stop.

The title should be written in italics. There is no need to capitalise the first letter of words that are not normally capitalised in the title. The title and subtitle should be separated by a colon, and followed by a full stop.

The place of publication is written first, and is separated from the name of the publisher by a colon. If the place of publication is in the USA, include the standard abbreviation for the American state to avoid confusion e.g. Manchester, CT or Venice, FL.

Each entry should end with a full stop.

Examples

Exercises

1

Select the correct reference list entry. a) TILLEY, J.T., The great British breakfast: a history. 1987. London: Longman. b) Tilley, J.T., 1987. The great British breakfast: a history. London: Longman. c) TILLEY, J.T., 1987. The great British breakfast: a history. London. Longman. d) TILLEY, J.T., 1987. The great British breakfast: a history. London: Longman. e) TILLEY, J.T., 1987. The great British Breakfast: a history. London: Longman. Please select an answerOh No! The date is in the wrong place. It should follow the author's name.Oh no! The surname of the author should be in CAPITALS.Whoops! Check the punctuation: a colon should separate the place of publication and the publisher.Well Done! All correct!Oh Dear! The title should be in italics.

2

Which of these reference list entries is correct? a) HARMAN, H.T., 1995. Song of the centaur: the centaur in literature 1200-1950. Cambridge: Sparrow. b) H.T. HARMAN, 1995. Song of the centaur: the centaur in literature 1200-1950. Cambridge: Sparrow. c) HARMAN, H.T., 1995. Song of the centaur: the centaur in literature 1200-1950. Sparrow: Cambridge d) Harman, H.T.,1995. Song of the centaur: the centaur in literature 1200-1950. Cambridge: Sparrow. e) HARMAN, H.T., Song of the centaur: the centaur in literature 1200-1950. 1995. Cambridge: Sparrow. Please select an answerWell Done! All correct!No! The initials and surname are the wrong way round!Whoops! The publisher should come after the place of publication, not before!Oh Dear! The Surname should be in CAPITALS!Dear oh dear! The date is in the wrong place. It should follow the author's name!