Referencing help

A reminder of some of the University and other guides to accurate Harvard referencing.

HOW TO Harvard a Web Page

NAME of website e.g. Tate.org, (DATE if there is one, or NO DATE) TITLE of page, (Online) Available at: http://www.theurlofthewebsite.com. Last accessed TODAYS DATE.

EG:

TATE.ORG (No Date) Joseph Mallord William Turner, Norham Castle, Sunrise c.1845 (Online) Available at: http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/turner-norham-castle-sunrise-n01981 Last accessed 13 Oct 2016.

Uni link:
https://infonet.glos.ac.uk/departments/lis/Guides/Harvard%20Referencing.pdf

How to cite ANYTHING (with examples)

http://library.leeds.ac.uk/skills-referencing-harvard
(Thanks LeedsUni!)
Try this interactive tutorial: (it's tough! but just use it to help you understand the system)

http://www.bristol.ac.uk/arts/exercises/referencing/referencing%20skills/page_24.htm 

Example of a Harvard Bibliography

Bibliography

Ahmed, Nazia. (2000) To what Extent Will Design Managers Have to Take into Account the Understanding of Brands in E-Commerce? [B.A. Dissertation] Surrey Institute of Art & Design.

Allen, R. (2006) Critical Definition c. In: Penguin Complete English Dictionary.London: Penguin Books Ltd.

Barry, Peter (2009) Beginning Theory: An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory. (3rd ed.) Manchester: Manchester University Press.

Bendazzi, G. (1996) The Italians who Invented the Drawn-on-Film Technique. In:Animation Journal 4(2) pp. 69-77.

Berger, John. (1972) Ways of Seeing. London: Penguin.

Brown, John. (2003)  An Introductory History of Fashion. London. [Lecture at Royal Halls, 5 January 2003].

The Godfather (1972) Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. [DVD] U.S.A.: Paramount Pictures. 

Savage, Martha. (2008) Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute At: http://yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1996/3/96.03.10.x.html (Accessed on 10.11.2008)

Essay writing: a reminder of referencing
EG: From a fictitious essay:
...She had some traumatic experiences during the Spanish Civil War¹

and when she settled in England she was told she would be educated at the cost of the Basque Government in exile.²

“I vowed I would never go back to Spain! I hated it, what a terrible country that could do such horrible things to its own people”³

References:

(1) Kelly, (1998) pp. 544-545

(2) Danto,( 2003), p.154

(3) Danto, (2003), p 241

Bibliography:

Danto, Bill (2003), Biography of Rocio del Paredes , 2nd Edition, London, Open Court.

Kelly, Michael (Editor in Chief) (1998) Encyclopedia of Conflict. (Oxford), Oxford University Press.

Notes on referencing and sources:

Use the footnote system similar to the one used on Wikipedia.
Put all numbered references at the foot of the blog page, in the numbered order in which they appear.
AND
A Bibliography should be included where you list all your sources and reference material in ALPHABETICAL order. Use the Harvard Name-Date System for the Bibliography. PLEASE MAKE SURE ALL REFERENCES TO WEB PAGES ARE CORRECT AND "LIVE" IF POSSIBLE
Uni pages on referencing info here

There are some downloadable PDF guides here:

http://insight.glos.ac.uk/departments/lis/resources/pages/referencing.aspx

Tips for getting a good grade in written assignments:

Don't describe an image just to fill space. You may refer to an aspect of the image, followed by a point of discussion about that aspect.

Don't use phrases that are subjective (“This is one of my favourite images...” ) speculative ( “the lady in the picture seems to be ...” ) colloquial (“this doesn't float my boat”) . or contractions such as would've, should've etc.

Put all direct quotations, from both primary and secondary sources, in quotation marks or indent them. 

Provide full details of the source of the quotation, formatted to the Harvard referencing system.

Acknowledge the source of ideas not your own, even if you are not quoting directly from the source.

Avoid close paraphrase from sources. (Check that you are not presenting other people’s words or phrasing as if they are your own.)

Referencing of Sources: The Harvard System; The Footnote System
What is referencing and why should it be used?

Academic work demands that you read widely and consider the work of other writers and
researchers when you are preparing your essays and other assignments. Using this work
without acknowledgement is to steal the ideas of other people and is called plagiarism . It
is, therefore, very important that you acknowledge these ideas and opinions as belonging
to a particular author, as they are considered to be that author’s intellectual property. This
procedure is called citing or quoting references . By doing this you are making it possible
for readers to locate the source material that you have used.


What are footnotes?
Footnotes are notes relating to the text and placed at the foot of a page.
Footnotes should be used:
whenever you quote directly.
to state a source,
to acknowledge a borrowing.

Guidelines for using footnotes
Reference numbers should be used within the text (like on Wikipedia pages) and normally be in superscript (appearing above the line of text). However, if necessary, they can also be shown in brackets e.g. (26).

Notes should be numbered consecutively (1, 2, 3 …) throughout the text.

Notes should not duplicate information already made clear in the text..

Reference numbers should not be repeated when referring to a source cited previously. Always use a new reference number in such cases.

Web sources
Quality of sources:

Don't quote from Wikipedia. It is not acceptable as a reference- you must follow up the sources on the Wikipedia page you have visited. You can however put Wikipedia pages you have visited in your Bibliography.

If no personal author or title is visible, you can include the organisation responsible for the
web page instead. If neither are obvious, begin your reference with the URL, then insert the
date, eg
http://www.onlinehealthsurvey.org/happiness.htm (2008) (Accessed: 17 June 2009)


• If a web page has no author, title or date you should consider whether it is suitable for
academic work. Remember that a person’s ability to publish material on the internet bears
no relation to their academic abilities. Use established and reputable sites, and research the names of authors of articles to establish their credentials as experts.

Bibliography
A full list of the sources you have used, books, journals and the Internet, should be listed in alphabetical order by author. Details on the Harvard referencing system can be found on the University LIS site Insight. (address on your assignment sheet.)