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 Unpublished dissertations and theses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 with an editor or translator

Some books are made up of contributions from several authors with the name of an editor or editors written on the title page. In this case, the name of the editor is written in place of the name of the author, followed by 'ed.' or 'eds.' after the comma. (See below for guidance on how to write an entry for a contribution to a book.)

Examples

Exercises

1

Select the correct reference list entry. a) ROSS, B.A., ed. 1935. The Victorian Polar bear hunters: stories of endurance and daring from the frozen north. London: Purdey. b) ROSS, B.A., ed. The Victorian Polar bear hunters: stories of endurance and daring from the frozen north. London: Purdey. c) ROSS, B.A., ed, 1935. The Victorian polar bear hunters: stories of endurance and daring from the frozen north. London: Purdey. d) ROSS, B.A., ed. 1935. The Victorian polar bear hunters: stories of endurance and daring from the frozen north. London: Purdey. e) Ross, B.A., ed. 1935. The Victorian polar bear hunters - stories of endurance and daring from the frozen north. London: Purdey Please select an answerWhoops! The title should be in italics.Oh No! There should be a date of publication!Oh Dear! There should be a full stop after 'ed' not a comma.Well Done! Go to the top of the class!Careful! There should be a colon separating the title and subtitle, not a hyphen!

Other books, particularly new editions of old works, or 'classics', have an author and an editor. In this case both are recorded. The name of the editor should follow the title of the work, preceded by 'ed.' or 'eds.' and should be in capitals with initials preceding the surname.

Similarly, if the work was originally written in a foreign language, the name of the translator should be written in the same place and in the same format as the name of the editor, preceded by 'tr.'

Examples

Exercises

2	Write out a reference list entry for the following work. Author: James Andrew Blackbeard Title: The Pirate's vade mecum Editor: Jack Sparrow Date of publication: 1990 Place of publication: St John's Publisher: Buccaneer

3	Fill in the gaps in this entry. CHING, Y. . Cheng Chi-Lung: the greatest pirate. C.W. KIDD. Buccaneer. Good stuff! You'll have to do better than that! Try again. Word bank: 1870, Chinese, St John's:, tr.