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Referencing & Avoiding Plagiarism

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Reference Management

Harvard

If you have questions about reference formats, please contact us with your query using the Query form on the guide, or email  us at library.infoservices@mu.ie. You should also consult your lecturer and refer to your departmental handbook MU Harvard Style Guide.

Book Journal Article Newspaper Conference Paper Thesis/Dissertation
Official Report Website Online Image Online Video Social Media Post
Film/Documentary Podcast  

 

Book

Surname(s), Initial(s). (Year of publication) Title of Book: subtitle (if any). Series (if any), Volume number (if any), Edition (only if not the first edition). Place of publication: Publisher.

Conference Paper

Surname(s), Initials(s). (Year of publication) Title of conference paper. In: Editor, Chair or name of organisation, Full title of conference. Location, Date. Place of location: Publisher.

Website

Authorship or Source (Year created or last updated) Title of web document or web page [medium]. Available at: URL (accessed date).

Social Media Post

Surname(s), Initial(s). (Year) Title of page [Name of platform] Day/month post written. Available at: URL address (accessed date).

Journal Article

Surname(s), Initial(s). (Year of publication) Title of Article. Full Title of Journal, Volume number (issue/part number), page numbers.

 

Thesis/Dissertation

Surname, Initial(s). (Year) Full Title of Thesis. Unpublished Level, Place of University (if not included in the name of university): Name of University.

Online Image

Surname(s), Initial(s). (Year of publication) Title of image [online type of image]. Available at: URL (accessed date).

Film/Documentary

Title. (Year of release) [medium]. Director. Country of origin: Film studio.

Note: Director’s name is not written surname first.

Newspaper

Surname(s), Initial(s). (Year of publication) Title of article. Title of Newspaper, date, page number. 

Note: “The” is omitted in newspaper titles if it is at the beginning of the title.

Official Report

Name of Institution/Department (Year) Title of report. Place of publication: Publisher. 

Online Video

Screen name of contributor. (Year) Title, Series title if available [video online]. Available at: URL address (accessed date).

Example: David Harvey. (2008) Spaces of global capitalism: towards an era of uneven geographical thought [video online]. Available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr1Cj1QzdCY (accessed 24 August 2010).

Podcast

Broadcaster (Year) Programme title, Series Title [podcast]. Date of transmission. Available at: Programme URL (accessed date).