Bibliographies, In-text Referencing and Reference Lists Harvard System

Version 2 – 19 February 2013

Bibliographies, In-text Referencing and Reference Lists

Acknowledge the origin and give credit for the

information and ideas that you use in

your assessment.

Why are they important?

In addition to acknowledging the work of other people bibliographies and referencing –

Avoids plagiarism

Enable your reader to locate and verify your sources independently

Demonstrate that you have read widely and used quality resources

What needs referencing?

Any source of information -

books

book chapters

journal articles

newspaper articles

conference papers

government publications

statistics from ABS

encyclopaedia and

dictionaries

websites

* even emails and personal

correspondence

Bibliographies

An alphabetical list of all resources consulted in researching an assignment.

Citations include author, date, title, publisher and place of publication.

Annotated Bibliographies

An alphabetical list of all resources consulted in researching an assignment.

Each entry includes a citation and a description of the resource including information about content, readability, language and relationship to required information.

In-text Referencing

Acknowledges ideas and sources of information in the main body of your writing.

In-text referencing is an abbreviation of the full citation your reader can find in the reference list. E.g.

In his conclusion, Rajaratnam (2001) points to the possible economic and social costs incurred by a nation, when individuals work 'out of phase' with their biological clocks.

Reference List

An alphabetical list of all resources used or referred to in writing an assignment.

Citations include author, date, title, publisher and place of publication.

Arranging citation information

Details about a source of information are arranged in a set order using strict punctuation rules

There are a number of world recognized referencing systems

Harvard APA Chicago MLA

What does a reference list look like?

Where does it go?

At the end!

Only an index would appear after a bibliography or reference list

Take the hard work out of citing and referencing

Use the tools on the References tab in Microsoft Word

Referencing a book

Referencing a book

Use information found on the title page and verso

Referencing a book

Author, initial year, title, edition, Publisher, Place.

Our example:O’Connor, I, Wilson, J, Setterlund, D & Hughes, M 2008, Social work and human service practice, 5th edn, Pearson Longman, Frenchs Forest.

Referencing a journal article

Referencing a journal articleAuthor, initial year, ‘Title of article’, Journal title, Volume number, Issue number, page number (s).

Our example:Castelino, T 2009, ‘Making children’s safety and wellbeing matter’, Australian social work : the journal of the Australian Association of social workers, 62, 1, (61-73).

Referencing a website

http://www.aihw.gov.au/media-release-detail/?id=10737420865

Referencing a websiteAuthor (person or organisation) Year, (site created or revised) Title of document, Name, (and place if applicable) of sponsor of the site, date of viewing the site, (day month

year) <URL>

Our example:Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2011, Young women the dominant users of specialist homelessness services, Australian Government, Canberra, 13 March 2012 <http://www.aihw.gov.au/media-release-detail/?id=10737420865>

Referencing an app

https://itunes.apple.com/au/genre/ios/id36?mt=8

Referencing an app

Use originator/ author – if not available use the title. Year, (use access year if release date is not available) Title of app. Version number. Mobile app. [Accessed Date].

Our example:

Skyscape. 2010. Skyscape Medical Resources. Version 1.9.11. Mobile app. [Accessed 18 January 2011].

Morgan, J. 2012. Business Marketing Lecture. Duke University. itunes-u. Version 1.9.11. Mobile app. [Accessed 25 January 2012].

Our Sample Reference ListReferences:

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2011, Young women the dominant users of specialist homelessness services, Australian Government, Canberra, 13 March 2012 <http://www.aihw.gov.au/media-release-detail/?id=10737420865>

Castelino, T 2009, ‘Making children’s safety and wellbeing matter’, Australian social work : the journal of the Australian Association of social workers, 62, 1, (61-73).

Morgan, J. 2012. Business Marketing Lecture. Duke University. itunes-u. Version 1.9.11. Mobile app. [Accessed 25 January 2012].

O’Connor, I, Wilson, J, Setterlund, D, Hughes, M 2008, Social work and human service practice, 5th edn, Pearson Longman, Frenchs Forest.

Skyscape. 2010. Skyscape Medical Resources. Version 1.9.11. Mobile app. [Accessed 18 January 2011].

Points to remember

Be consistent. Use the same process for each resource

Bournemouth University – easy to follow clear examples of a wide range of sources

http://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/library/local-assets/how-to/docs/citing-references.pdf

Using Microsoft Word? Remember to select Harvard as your referencing style

Have a question? Please call your library