Referencing Articles
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Harvard referencing system for articles
This Wiki make use of the Harvard System of referencing, which is outlined below.
Books
For books, record:
• The author’s or editor’s name (or names)
• The year the book was published
• The title of the book
• If it is an edition other than the first
• The city the book was published in
• The name of the publisher
Examples of book references:
Books with one author:
Adair, J. (1988) Effective time management: How to save time and spend it wisely, London: Pan Books.
Book withtwo authors:
McCarthy, P. and Hatcher, C. (1996) Speaking persuasively: Making the most of your presentations, Sydney: Allen and Unwin.
Book with three or more authors:
Fisher, R., Ury, W. and Patton, B. (1991) Getting to yes: Negotiating an agreement without giving in, 2nd edition, London: Century Business.
Journals
For journal articles record:
• The author’s name or names
• The year in which the journal was published
• The title of the article
• The title of the journal
• The page number/s of the article in the journal
• As much other information as you can find about the journal, for example the volume and issue numbers
Examples of journal article references:
Peter Piot, Richard G. A. Feachem, Lee Jong-wook, James D. Wolfen (2004) 'A Global Response to AIDS: Lessons Learned, Next Steps', Science Vol. 304. no. 5679, pp. 1909 - 1910, 25th June
Electronic resources/links
For electronic resources, try to collect the information above if it is available, but also record:
• The date you accessed the source
• The electronic address or email
• The type of electronic resource (email, discussion forum, WWW page, etc)
Examples of electronic resource references:
June 2007: Research Assessment Exercise (2006) ‘What is the research assessment exercise 2008?’ www.RAE.com/whatisRAE? ; PDF document
