THE EASY (COLOUR-CODED) GUIDE TO HOW TO REFERENCE A BOOK OR AN INTERNET SITE
HOW TO REFERENCE A BOOK
In-text citations should look like this:
- Author or editor's surname,
- Year of publication,
- Page number(s)
all in round brackets
‘The term seemed to last forever, and I lived like an ant on a hot wok.’ (Hong, 2001, p.52).
The complete reference in the Reference List should look like this:
- Author or editor's surname, followed by the initial(s) of first names
- Year of publication in round brackets - the original year of publication for old books can be included in square brackets within the round
- Title in quotation marks or italics
- Place of publication
- Publisher
Hong, L. (2001) ‘Startling moon’. London: Headline.
- Author or editor's surname,
- Year of publication,
- Page number(s)
all in round brackets
‘The term seemed to last forever, and I lived like an ant on a hot wok.’ (Hong, 2001, p.52).
The complete reference in the Reference List should look like this:
- Author or editor's surname, followed by the initial(s) of first names
- Year of publication in round brackets - the original year of publication for old books can be included in square brackets within the round
- Title in quotation marks or italics
- Place of publication
- Publisher
Hong, L. (2001) ‘Startling moon’. London: Headline.
HOW TO REFERENCE AN INTERNET SITE
In-text citations should look like this:
- Author
- Year of publication
' “The Archers” was seismically shaken this month by its first swearword in 65 years. Susan Carter said (brace yourself for a split infinitive as well): “You realise we’re going to have to bloody do it now?” Admittedly, she was rehearsing a line from Ambridge’s nervously anticipated Christmas production, Calendar Girls, but it caught me like a kick from a cow.’ (Banks-Smith, 2015).
The complete reference in the Refererence List should look like this:
- Author or editor's surname followed by the initial(s) of the first name
- Year of publication
- Title of article in quotation marks
- Title of newspaper in italics
- Day and month [Online]
- Available at: URL
- (Accessed: date read)
Banks-Smith, N. (2015) ‘Nancy Banks-Smith on The Archers: the first swear word in 65 years’, The Guardian 8 December [Online]. Available at: http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/dec/08/nancy-banks-smith-archers-ambridge-first-swear-word (Accessed 11 December 2015).
- Author
- Year of publication
' “The Archers” was seismically shaken this month by its first swearword in 65 years. Susan Carter said (brace yourself for a split infinitive as well): “You realise we’re going to have to bloody do it now?” Admittedly, she was rehearsing a line from Ambridge’s nervously anticipated Christmas production, Calendar Girls, but it caught me like a kick from a cow.’ (Banks-Smith, 2015).
The complete reference in the Refererence List should look like this:
- Author or editor's surname followed by the initial(s) of the first name
- Year of publication
- Title of article in quotation marks
- Title of newspaper in italics
- Day and month [Online]
- Available at: URL
- (Accessed: date read)
Banks-Smith, N. (2015) ‘Nancy Banks-Smith on The Archers: the first swear word in 65 years’, The Guardian 8 December [Online]. Available at: http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/dec/08/nancy-banks-smith-archers-ambridge-first-swear-word (Accessed 11 December 2015).
THE HARVARD REFERENCE SYSTEM
HOW TO REFERENCE A BOOK (THE BASICS) - the easy bit
http://bcotresearchblog.tumblr.com/referencebooksbasics
HOW TO REFERENCE A BOOK (THE EXTRAS) - more complicated
http://bcotresearchblog.tumblr.com/referencebooksextras
HOW TO REFERENCE INTERNET SITES - gets tricky
http://bcotresearchblog.tumblr.com/referenceinternetsites
http://bcotresearchblog.tumblr.com/referencebooksbasics
HOW TO REFERENCE A BOOK (THE EXTRAS) - more complicated
http://bcotresearchblog.tumblr.com/referencebooksextras
HOW TO REFERENCE INTERNET SITES - gets tricky
http://bcotresearchblog.tumblr.com/referenceinternetsites
