Harvard Solent style references
Written Sources
Books: Whole books, sections and edited books
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Type of source |
Book |
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In text reference |
Stevens (1996, p.2) pointed out that “referencing is a skill all students should develop”. |
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Reference list format |
AUTHOR(S), Year of publication. Title. Edition (if not the 1st). Place of publication: Publisher |
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Reference list example (first edition) |
STEVENS, M., 1996. How to be better at … giving presentations. London: Kogan Page |
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Reference list example (later editions) |
BELL, J., 2005. Doing your research project: a guide for first time researchers in education, health and social science. 4th ed. Maidenhead: Open UP |
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Notes |
Give a page number for a quotation or a shorter idea that has been taken from a specific page. If you are summarising a general theory across a book or a chapter, do not give a page number. |
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Type of source |
Book Section |
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In text reference |
Andrews (2002, p.98) put forward the idea that... |
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Reference list format |
AUTHOR(S) OF ESSAY, Year of publication. Title of essay. In: EDITOR(S) of book. Title of book. Edition (if not the 1st). Place of publication: Publisher, Page numbers of essay |
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Reference list example |
ANDREWS, M., 2002. Using technology in your presentation. In: L.WHITE and E. DAVIDS, eds. Enhancing your presentation. London: Sage, pp.91-104 |
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Notes |
Note that the actual page where the quotation comes from is given in-text, while the page numbers for the whole essay are given in the reference list. |
Type of source | Edited Book |
In text reference | As suggested by Watkins and Mason (2017, p.45) businesses… |
Reference list format | EDITOR(S), eds., Year of publication. Title of book. Edition (if not the 1st). Place of publication: Publisher |
Reference list example | WATKINS, J. and P. MASON, eds., 2017. Business Information Systems: current issues. 3rd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press |
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