Havard Referencing Guide
This guide to using the Harvard system of referencing complies with: BRITISH STANDARDS INSTITUTION. 1990. BS5605:1990. Recommendations for citing and referencing published material. 2nd edition. London: BSI and BS 1629:1989. Recommendations for references to published materials. B.S.I.
Remember that you must acknowledge your source very time you refer to someone else 's work. Failure to do so amounts to plagiarism, which is against the University rules and is a serious offence. Further information about plagiarism can be found on Moodle and the Undergraduate Vault section of the RHUL Intranet.
When you are copying or downloading material, you must also ensure that you comply with copyright rules. Further information about copyright can be found on notices next to photocopiers. When including third party material in theses and dissertations it is the responsibility of the individual to ensure the appropriate copyright permission has been obtained.
The What & Why of Harvard Referencing
Unless you are doing creative writing, you will normally be required to research materials and use these sources from books, journals, videos, the internet etc. as evidence in backing up your argument. Therefore, referencing, or letting the reader know the source of your information, is a necessary and important part of academic writing.
Referencing is needed as a courtesy to those whose work you are using, to show that you are not trying to pass someone else’s work off as your own, and to enable the reader to trace your sources.
You should reference other’s work whenever you draw on it for inspiration, use it as support for a theory or argument, or use it for particular examples. Referencing is necessary, whether you take a direct quotation, or are simply paraphrasing or summarising someone else’s work.
The system of referencing used on all Higher Education Courses at Hastings College of Arts and Technology (HCAT) as well as The University of Brighton (UoB) is
Remember that you must acknowledge your source very time you refer to someone else 's work. Failure to do so amounts to plagiarism, which is against the University rules and is a serious offence. Further information about plagiarism can be found on Moodle and the Undergraduate Vault section of the RHUL Intranet.
When you are copying or downloading material, you must also ensure that you comply with copyright rules. Further information about copyright can be found on notices next to photocopiers. When including third party material in theses and dissertations it is the responsibility of the individual to ensure the appropriate copyright permission has been obtained.
The What & Why of Harvard Referencing
Unless you are doing creative writing, you will normally be required to research materials and use these sources from books, journals, videos, the internet etc. as evidence in backing up your argument. Therefore, referencing, or letting the reader know the source of your information, is a necessary and important part of academic writing.
Referencing is needed as a courtesy to those whose work you are using, to show that you are not trying to pass someone else’s work off as your own, and to enable the reader to trace your sources.
You should reference other’s work whenever you draw on it for inspiration, use it as support for a theory or argument, or use it for particular examples. Referencing is necessary, whether you take a direct quotation, or are simply paraphrasing or summarising someone else’s work.
The system of referencing used on all Higher Education Courses at Hastings College of Arts and Technology (HCAT) as well as The University of Brighton (UoB) is
References: g. When work is unpublished, it should be clearly stated e.g. WAREING, A.S. 1995. Gender, speech styles and the assessment of discussion. Unpublished PhD thesis. Glasgow: University of Strathclyde. One resource provided in the secondary speech genre is the "posited author" (Bakhtin, 1981, p. 312). Somekh, B. and Davies, R. (1991) 'Towards a pedagogy for information technology ', The Curriculum Journal, 2, 2 153-70. Schlegoff, E. (1972) Notes on a conversational practice: Formulating place. In D. Sudnow (Ed.) Studies in Social Interaction (pp. 75-119). New York: Free Press. Or Schlegoff, E. (1972) Notes on a conversational practice: Formulating place. In D. Sudnow (Ed.) Studies in Social Interaction (pp. 75-119). New York: Free Press. Note the use of page numbers to identify the chapter - as in journal citation e.g. INDEPENDENT, 1992. Picking up the bills. Independent, 4 June, p.28a. e.g. PHILIP MORRIS INC., 1981. Optical perforating apparatus and system. European patent application 0021165 A1. 1981-01-07. e.g. MASON, James, 1832. Map of the countries lying between Spain and India, 1:8,000,000. London: Ordnance Survey. e.g. UNESCO, 1993. General information programme and UNISIST. Paris: Unesco, (PGI-93/WS/22). Pearson, M. (1999), Online study skills guide, http:\www.hud.ac.ukschoolsskills eferen.htm, Date accessed 16/9/99.