Harvard Referencing.

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Can anyone quickly show me an example of harvard referencing?

i have done Harvard referencing all the way through my dissertation, but supposedly its not right, even though i read a guide on harvard referencing :(

Help!

Please try not to link to the long guides online as there just not helping!
 
Nobody, C. (2009) "Why can't I get Harvard referencing right", Referencing monthly, Vol. 23, 512-523

(one I just made up)

Or a couple from my dissertation:

Hirst J.P.P., Nichols G.J. (1986) ‘Thrust tectonic controls on Miocene alluvial distribution patterns, Southern Pyrenees’. International Association of Sedimentologists special publications, Vol. 8 pp 247-258.

Murray, J. W., (1991) Ecology and Palaeoecology of Benthic Foraminifera. Longman Scientific and Technical, Essex, UK

However harvard referencing seems to change slightly from institute to institute, and journal to journal (i.e. the guide on our uni portal was different to what lecturers used, some of which were different from each other. Best bet is to take a look at the journals you have used and see how they do it, that was our recommendation from a couple of our lecturers.

Actually, are you having trouble with in text referencing instead?
 
Amp34 said:
Nobody, C. (2009) "Why can't I get Harvard referencing right", Referencing monthly, Vol. 23, 512-523

(one I just made up)

Or a couple from my dissertation:

Hirst J.P.P., Nichols G.J. (1986) ‘Thrust tectonic controls on Miocene alluvial distribution patterns, Southern Pyrenees’. International Association of Sedimentologists special publications, Vol. 8 pp 247-258.

Murray, J. W., (1991) Ecology and Palaeoecology of Benthic Foraminifera. Longman Scientific and Technical, Essex, UK

However harvard referencing seems to change slightly from institute to institute, and journal to journal (i.e. the guide on our uni portal was different to what lecturers used, some of which were different from each other. Best bet is to take a look at the journals you have used and see how they do it, that was our recommendation from a couple of our lecturers.

Actually, are you having trouble with in text referencing instead?
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Im quoting text, but the reference underneath the said quote, or text is supposebly not right?
 
I generally just said something along the lines of

"Jones (2005) believes:

Blah, blah, blah, blah
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Which corresponds...."

No initials in text, just the surnames (for two people "Jones and May (2005)" or three "Jones et al. (2005)"

However there are other ways of doing it. For example:

"The books of referencing (Banks et al., 2002) mentions that:

Blah, blah, blah, blah
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"

And for multiple references something like (Banks et al., 2002; Jones, 2005; Smith and Walker, 1993) in text.

:)
 
I have an "[Online]" just before the "Available" and the "Last accessed" part in square brackets. Eg.

www.ucl.ac.uk (2009) Types of ichnofacies. [Online] Available: http://www.es.ucl.ac.uk/undergrad/fieldwork/image/fieldtrips/TraceFossils/ichno.htm [Date accessed: 15/02/2009]

Website referencing is such a pain!

Actually, you also need a date the article was written if you can find it. :) (2009 apparently)

So I would have written it:

Lamb, P. (2009) Music and Its Impact on the Mind. [Online] Available: http://ezinearticles.com/?Music-and-...ind&id=2205233. [Last accessed 03/08/2009]
 
“The impact of music on your mind, soul and spirit is a reflection of what you need at the time. You have to know what works for you, what calms you, what excites you, what gets your heart rate up and then use it to your benefit. Pick the external environment that works for you, in this case, pick music that will influence you in the way that you desire.”

Lamb, P (2009) Music and Its Impact on the Mind Ezine Articles, Available: http://ezinearticles.com/?Music-and-Its-Impact-on-the-Mind&id=2205233 Last accessed 4th August, 2009
 
Amp34 said:
I have an "[Online]" just before the "Available" and the "Last accessed" part in square brackets. Eg.

www.ucl.ac.uk (2009) Types of ichnofacies. [Online] Available: http://www.es.ucl.ac.uk/undergrad/fieldwork/image/fieldtrips/TraceFossils/ichno.htm [Date accessed: 15/02/2009]

Website referencing is such a pain!

Actually, you also need a date the article was written if you can find it. :) (2009 apparently)

So I would have written it:

Lamb, P. (2009) Music and Its Impact on the Mind. [Online] Available: http://ezinearticles.com/?Music-and-...ind&id=2205233. [Last accessed 03/08/2009]
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think i got it :)
 
I found a great use were journals from the library, i went in once for 2 hours and rewrote parts of a journal that contained 10 or so references. Some of the references which i said i found were from books released in the early 70s. lol
 
Bejesus - all this referencing nazism.. Those who set the assignment must be able to define the exact variant otherwise it's pointless!
 
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Does it matter how long your quotes are too? some of mine are really long but do get across what im discussing.
 
Neoni said:
“The impact of music on your mind, soul and spirit is a reflection of what you need at the time. You have to know what works for you, what calms you, what excites you, what gets your heart rate up and then use it to your benefit. Pick the external environment that works for you, in this case, pick music that will influence you in the way that you desire.”

Lamb, P (2009) Music and Its Impact on the Mind Ezine Articles, Available: http://ezinearticles.com/?Music-and-Its-Impact-on-the-Mind&id=2205233 Last accessed 4th August, 2009
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If you are quoting directly from the text, which I assume you are trying to do here. You put the author year and page number at the end of what you quoted.

Edit: you put all the extra info in the reference list at the end, like web address etc.
 
Slightly off topic, but I use Papers on the Mac for all my research of various papers, which then goes straight into Word 2008's reference manager, so I never need to worry about this. :cool:
 
Hayley-K said:
If you are quoting directly from the text, which I assume you are trying to do here. You put the author year and page number at the end of what you quoted.

Edit: you put all the extra info in the reference list at the end, like web address etc.
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oh really?
 
Try using a referencing tool like end-note or bibtex. They will make referencing easier, and when you want to switch between different styles you can do it automatically. They can both work as a plugin to MS word, or to various latex editors.
 
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