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  • 6.3 Referencing Styles

    • Referencing styles

      At Solent most courses require Harvard Style referencing. Some courses require a different style. For example, Law students should use OSCOLA and Psychology students should use APA style. Check with your tutors before starting an assignment to find out which style to use. 


      Harvard style

      Below are links to many different example references in Harvard Style. As well as choosing the correct type of reference for your sources, you may have to deal with challenges such as no example for a source, a missing author, multiple authors, authors or multiple works, or use secondary references. 


      HARVARD REFERENCING EXAMPLES

      Written Resources

      Journal Article -  Book and Book Section - Magazine or Newspaper Article - Conference Paper - Dissertation, Thesis - Play Text

      Audio, Image and Video

      Film, Video, DVD - Image -    Musical Score - Radio, Podcasts - Sound Recording, Song, Album - TV Programme -  Interview - Video Game

      Live performances

      General Performance - Presentation -  Play Performance - Concerts and Live Music

      Web resources

      Social Media, Blog, Discussion List - Website, YouTube and Wikis

      Specialist Resources

      OSIRIS - FAME - Market Research (Mintel) - XpertHR - Map - Statista -Standards

      Legal Resources

      Legislation (UK) - Legal Case (UK) - Legislation (EU and International) - Legal Case (EU) - Command Paper - Hansard

       

      Personal Communication

       Email Correspondence - Personal Letters, Telephone Calls
         
    •  Harvard Style references Book
      This book contains all the different examples of Harvard Style linked to above. Once you open the book, you can navigate the different types of references using the table of contents which appears on the left. 
    •  Library Guide to Harvard Referencing File

      This guide produced by the library summarises the most important information about Harvard Style and gives examples for the most common types of source and problem. 


    • APA style


      Psychology courses use APA referencing style. See the Psychology Writing Guidelines below for an introduction to using this style for Psychology. Use the APA Referencing book to see examples of how to format your references and how to deal with different types of source.

    •  Psychology Written Assessment Guidelines File
    •  APA referencing Book

    • OSCOLA


      If you are studying Law, you will be expected to use OSCOLA style. You can access a number of resources to help you understand and use OSCOLA in your work. 


    • Other styles


      Your tutors may ask you to use other referencing styles for your work. If this is the case, ask your tutor for guidance material for how to cite different types of sources and format your references in your work. 


    • Useful Abbreviations

      These are some abbreviations you might find useful when referencing, particularly if some of the details you need for a reference are missing.

      anon.anonymous
      dir.director
       ed(s).editor(s) or edition
      et al. and others (for multiple authors)
      wr.writer
      prod.producer
      p.page
      pp.pages
      op. cit.in the work already quoted
      ibid.in the same book or article etc as just quoted
      n.d.date unknown
      s.l.place of publication unknown
      s.n.publisher unknown

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