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A step-by-step guide on how to reference various types of sources using the harvard referencing system. It covers printed items such as books and articles, electronic items like e-books and e-journals, websites, and pdfs. The guide explains the importance of recording the five key elements for each source and provides examples for in-text referencing.
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WHO created it?
WHEN was it published?
WHAT is it called?
HOW can it be found?
Printed items Books (^) Author(s) Year of publication Title of the book (in italics)
Place of publication & Name of publisher
Author(s) Year of publication
Article title. Journal title (in italics)
Volume, issue numbers & page numbers
Electronic items
E-books Author(s) Year of publication
Title of the book (in italics) followed by [e-book]
Place of publication, name of publisher, the full web address (URL) of the webpage used and the date accessed
E-journal articles Author(s)^ Year of publication
Article title. Journal title (in italics) followed by [e-journal]
Volume & issue numbers and page numbers, website name & address, and the date accessed
Author(s) (^) Year of publication
Article title. Journal title (in italics) followed by [e-journal]
Volume and issue number of journal and page numbers, followed by DOI
Websites
Year of publication
Title of the webpage (in italics) followed by [online]
The full web address (URL) of the webpage used and the date accessed
PDFs
Author(s) - this could be an organisation
Year of publication
Title of the document (in italics) followed by [pdf]
The full web address (URL) of the webpage used and the date accessed
Quick Guide to Harvard Referencing
Author(s) - this could be an organisation
E-journal articles with DOIs
Journal articles
Adding in-text referencing into your work
Direct —this is where you are mentioning the authorship in your sentence, so you need to add the date, in brackets, after their family name, e.g. Greenbaum (1998)
Indirect —this is where you add both the author and date in brackets when you are mentioning the information you got from this source, e.g. (Shaw, 2017)
For a quotation , add quote marks around the phrase and include the author, year and page reference at the end, e.g. “verbal and observational data” (Stewart and Shamdasani, 2015, p.15)
Where there are 4 or more authors , include them all in the full reference, but just write the first one in the in-text reference followed by et al., e.g. (Bloor, et al., 2001)
Secondary referencing— only use this if you cannot access the original authors work, put the details of where you read about the person’s ideas, e.g. (Denscombe, 1946 cited in Merton and Kendall, 2010 )
...Another way to find out people’s views - is to use focus groups. This method was developed by Lazarsfeld and Merton in the 1940s (Bloor, et al., 2001). Merton (1987) found an established practice of 12 people being used to assess radio programmes. Together, Lazarsfeld and Merton developed the idea of a focused interview, and with others devised a set of standardized procedures (Denscombe, 1946 cited in Merton and Kendall, 2010). The ideas were largely forgotten until the 1960s, when Tom Greenbaum (1998) working for Proctor and Gamble, resurrected the idea. They found the benefit of focus groups are they generate “verbal and observational data” (Stewart and Shamdasani, 2015, p.15). To help keep the conversation relevant it was found that it was important to have a good moderator to run the focus group. Current guidance will also emphasis that if this is a work based group it is important not to include both supervisors and subordinates into the same group (HSE, 2018).
Notice the names and dates included in the text?
Your reference list should look like this and be in alphabetical order by author. Bloor, M., Frankland, J., Thomas, M. and Robson, K., 2001. Focus Groups in Social Research. London: Sage.
Greenbaum, T., 1998. Handbook for Focus Groups. Thousand Oaks: Sage. Health and Safety Executive (HSE), 2018. How to organise focus groups. [pdf] Available at:http://www.hse.gov.uk/stress/standards/pdfs/focusgroups.pdf [Accessed 21 June 201 9 ]. Merton, R., 1987. Focus interviews and focus groups: continuities and discontinuities. Public Opinion Quarterly , 51(1), pp.550-557.
Merton, R. and Kendall P., 2010. The focused interview. American Journal of Sociology, [e-journal] 51, pp.541-557. Available through: ARU Library website <library.aru.ac.uk> [Accessed 20 June 2018]. Stewart, D. W. and Shamadasani, P. N ., 2015. Focus Groups: Theory and Prac- tice. 3rd ed. [e-book] Available through: ARU Library website <library.aru.ac.uk> [Accessed 20 June 2018].
Here is an example essay on Focus Groups containing in-text references