Most courses at Suffolk will use the UOS Harvard style of referencing.
Quick help - UoS Harvard help sheet
Detailed help - Cite Them Right Online
The format for in-text citations is:
(Author, Date, Page)
FAQs
Q. When do I need to include page numbers?
A. You need to include page numbers when making a direct quote, or when you are paraphrasing a specific idea or piece of information which can be found on a particular page or set of pages. Sometime you may find that you are summarizing an entire article or discussing a theme which runs though the whole of your source, in this case, you would not need page numbers.
Q. What if there is more than one author?
A. For two or three authors you should include their names in the in citation, however for four or more authors you should list the first name followed by et al. in italics e.g.
Davies and Garaicoa (2009, p.9) or (Harrison, Jakeman and Paterson, 2012, pp. 43-4) or (Coffin et al., 2003, p.21)
Q. What if there is no author?
A. If you cannot identify the name of an author/editor, then use the title of the work in italics e.g.
In a recent study (Health of the nation, 2008, p. 94), statistics showed...
Q. What if I cannot find a year of publication?
A. If you cannot identify a date of publication you should replace year with 'no date' e.g.
English Heritage (no date) have used this conservation technique...
Q. What if I have several sources by the same author from the same year?
A. In order to distinguish between sources, you should allocate lower case letters in alphabetical order after the date e.g
...the Department of Health (2015a, p.5) promote this, however they acknowledge that the challenges in service delivery have not yet been addressed by the Government (Department of Health, 2015b, p. 22).
N.B. You will need to replicate the lower case letters in your reference list.
Q. Can I cite more than one source at the same time?
A. you may find that you want to refer to two or more sources in relation to a particular point you are making. In this instance, you should separate your source by using a semi-colon, and list them in chronological order starting with the earliest e.g.
(Swan and Smith, 2001, p.5; Daniels et al., 2006, p88; BFI, 2013)
Q. How do I cite a webpage without an author or title?
A. If no author and no title are identifiable, then you can include the webpage URL instead e.g.
(http://www.tate.org/archives/public-records, no date)
Q. Can I use the Harvard reference given in a "Cite It" option (e.g. "Cite this item" in Summon)?
A. Any Harvard citation given by Summon (or any other source e.g. a database) may not conform with the University of Suffolk Harvard guidance so, if you do cut and paste a given citation into your work, you will have to tweak it according to the University of Suffolk standard. Another option would be to use RefWorks to create your reference list but again you may have to be prepared to amend the imported reference slightly to ensure strict conformity.
Bryson (2004, p.156) commented that "if you need to illustrate the idea...as a land of opportunity."
This is a source which is itself referred to in another work.
"No one person, system, or technique will make a company marketing oriented" (Michaels, 1982, cited in Boddy, 2002, p. 203).
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The links below show you how to do in-text citations and the format for the reference list, using UOS Harvard (Make sure you select the correct referencing format after clicking on the links below).
For more referencing examples, take a look at Cite Them Right Online
Webpages (with individual authors)
