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Harvard Referencing
What is Harvard?
O Method of acknowledging the information
sources and quotations that you use
O Also to compile your reference list
O Used by many universities
Why Reference?O Demonstrate that you have used a range of
information sources
O Support your arguments
O Enable your lecturer to find the source of
the information that you have used
O Avoid plagiarism
What is Plagiarism?
O When you copy another person’s ideas or
words and present them as your own work
O Applies to information that you obtain from
books, journal articles and websites
O Plagiarism is a form of cheating and is a
serious offence
O Penalty ranges from re-writing work to
being withdrawn from course
Examples of Plagiarism
O Copying information and including the information in your assignment without acknowledgment
O Summarising another author’s work by changing a few words or the order of ideas without referencing the source
O Copying and submitting the work of a friend
O Purchasing and submitting an assignment from the internet
How is Plagiarism
Discovered?O When your tutor is marking your
assignment
O Style of writing will suddenly change
O Likely they will recognise the source of the
information
In-text Citation
O Used when you refer to an idea or quote
from a book, journal article or website
Wilson (2013) explained that…..
Department for Education (2014)
published…
Author Year
Quotations
O Cited in the text with the page number
O Use double quotation marks
Armstrong (2006, p.8) notes that “The overall purpose of human resource management is to ensure that the organization is able to achieve success through people”
“It is no longer possible to offer stable long-term employment.” (Taylor, 2005, p.19)
Author YearPage
Number
What is a Bibliography?
O List of all of the resources that you have
read/cited
O At the end of your assignment
O Alphabetical order by author’s surname
O What information does the reader need to
find the item I have read?
Referencing Books
Haralambos, M. (2013) Sociology: themes
and perspectives 8th edition. London: Collins
Educational
Author Year Title
Place of
Publication Publisher
Referencing a Website
O Websites constantly change
O Some information may not be available such as date published
O Include the date you accessed the site
Referencing Websites
Get Safe Online (2014) Mobile Banking
[online]. Available from: https://www.getsafe
online.org/protecting-yourself/mobile-
banking/ [Accessed: 14th October 2014].
Author/Name of
OrganisationYear Title
Web Address Date of access
Further Information
O Harvard Referencing Guide
O Study Skills for Higher
Education moodle
O Learning Centre Staff
