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How to Compile a Bibliography using the Harvard Referencing System

How to Compile a Bibliography using the Harvard Referencing System . East Midlands Information Skills. Presentation Title Here 18 pt Arial. Why Compile a Bibliography? . Why Compile a Bibliography?. To give substance to your assignments and reports

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How to Compile a Bibliography using the Harvard Referencing System

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  1. How to Compile a Bibliography using the Harvard Referencing System East Midlands Information Skills Presentation Title Here 18 pt Arial

  2. Why Compile a Bibliography? Why Compile a Bibliography? • To give substance to your assignments and reports • To give strength and authority to your arguments and opinions • To keep an accurate record of your sources so that you can • find them again • To enable others to evaluate your research and check sources • for themselves East Midlands Information Skills Presentation Title Here 18 pt Arial

  3. What to Remember Remember • All entries in a bibliography should be • consistent – they should follow the same • format in every case • The golden rule – all entries should be in • alphabetical order using the author’s • surname East Midlands Information Skills Presentation Title Here 18 pt Arial

  4. How to Cite Book Entries How to Cite Book Entries • Author (Date of publication) Title, Edition (if not • the 1st edition), Place, Publisher. • Like this: • Haydock, S. and Smith S. (1994) The learning • resource service, 2nd ed, London, Pitman. East Midlands Information Skills Presentation Title Here 18 pt Arial

  5. How to Cite Book Entries How to Cite Book Entries • MORE THAN ONE AUTHOR: • If there are more than 3 authors give the surname of the • first author and follow with et al. Like this: • Halfpenny, J. et al (1996) How to produce a bibliography, • 5th ed, London, Oxford Press. • EDITED BOOKS: • Where a book has been edited you use ed. for a single • editor or eds for more than one editor. Like this: • Chadwick, E. and Allison, J. (eds) (1995) Eating yourself • healthy, London, Hodder and Stoughton. East Midlands Information Skills Presentation Title Here 18 pt Arial

  6. How to Cite Book Entries How to Cite Book Entries • CONTRIBUTIONS IN EDITED BOOKS: • Contributing author’s name (date) ‘title of contribution’ • (this may be the chapter heading): editor’s name (ed), • title of book, edition, page numbers where contribution • appears, place of publication, publisher. Like this: • Hellawell, A. (1994) ‘The Apple Mac explained’ in: Frankland, • D. (ed) A complete guide to IT, pp 210-214, London, • Kogan Page. East Midlands Information Skills Presentation Title Here 18 pt Arial

  7. How to Cite Journal Articles How to Cite Journal Articles • Name of author (year) ‘title of article’, • name of journal, volume number, part • number, page numbers. • Like this: • Sutton, K. and Smith, W. (1997) ‘Resource • based learning for university’ in: Further • Education today, Vol. 12, No. 1, pp 19-23. East Midlands Information Skills Presentation Title Here 18 pt Arial

  8. How to Cite Newspaper Articles How to Cite Newspaper Articles • Use this format when quoting from or referring to an • article in a newspaper. • Name of writer (year) ‘title of article’, name of paper, • day and month, page number. • Like this: • Barr, J. and Wright, E. (1996) ‘The effect of IT in libraries’, • The Sunday Times, 5 Dec, p23. East Midlands Information Skills Presentation Title Here 18 pt Arial

  9. How to Cite Electronic Sources How to Cite Electronic Sources • Constructor (e.g. organisation or person) (Year) Title of • resource (e.g. CD-Rom, e-mail, website), Organisation • responsible (optional), Available from: URL address • [date accessed]. • Like this: • De Montfort University Library (2005) The Harvard system • of referencing (WWW), Leicester, De Montfort University. • Available from: • http://images.library.dmu.ac.uk/Selfstudy/Harvard.pdf • [Accessed 22/5/06]. East Midlands Information Skills Presentation Title Here 18 pt Arial

  10. How to Cite Electronic Journals How to Cite Electronic Journals • For electronic journal articles use the same format used • for a print journal and add the type of resource, URL • and date accessed (as for electronic sources). • Like this: • Smith, J. (2005) ‘References: understanding the third- • person effect’ in: Communication Research Trends, Vol. • 24, Issue 2, June, pp 15-23. Accessed through Infotrac • Onefile, Thomson Gale, Loughborough College at: • http://find.galegroup.com/itx/infomark.do?&contentSet=IAC- • [date accessed 23/5/06]. East Midlands Information Skills Presentation Title Here 18 pt Arial

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