Harvard Solent style references
Written Sources
Social Media, Blogs, Discussion Lists
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Type of source | Social Media Post |
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In text reference |
Andrews (2002, p.98) put forward the idea that... |
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Reference list format |
Author, year. Title of page. [Name of site]. Day/month of posted message. [viewed day month year] |
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Reference list example |
JONES, S. (2009) Referencing Group. [Facebook] 5th May. Available from: www.facebook.com [Accessed 09/05/09]. |
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Reference list example |
SMITH-MAY, N, 2016. British woman can adopt girl found in box in Egypt, judge rules. [Twitter]. 29/11/2016 [viewed 29/11/2016] |
| Reference list example | LEARNING SKILLS AT SOLENT, 2015. Intended for secondary school teachers but some apps here which are still useful in further education. [Facebook status update]. 12th October. [viewed 29/11/2016] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/succeedatsolent |
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Notes |
If the content is behind a password give the main web address for the site as the URL. |
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Type of source |
Blog or discussion list |
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In text reference |
Bradley (2008) explained... |
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Reference list format (blog) |
AUTHOR(S), Year. Title of blog entry. In: Blog title. Full date of blog entry [viewed date]. Available from: URL |
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Reference list example (blog) |
BRADLEY, P., 2008. Word of the day is 'exaflood'. In: Phil Bradley's weblog. 29 April 2008 [viewed 9 May 2008]. Available from: http://philbradley.typepad.com/phil_bradleys_weblog/ |
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Reference list format (discussion) |
AUTHOR(S), Year. Subject of message. In: Discussion list. Full date of message [viewed date]. Available from: URL of archive or individual message or email address of list |
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Reference list example (discussion) |
JONES, A., 2008. Citing standards. In: Lis-link. 16 June 2008 [viewed 20 June 2008]. Available from: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/LIS-LINK.html |
| Notes | As web pages, blogs do not have page numbers. |