How do i use the Harvard Referencing System for citations?

G

Guest

Within the in-built citation feature of word you can bibliography citation
style except in my institution i am to use the harvard referencing system,
but can't find any extra styles on the web. Any suggestions?
 
A

Alive

This answer is not helpful. The Harvard style used at my university differs
in *very* important ways from the APA style. Using it would result in lost
marks for incorrect references.

APA != the Harvard style required by many universities.
 
Z

Zifanite

I agree with you. It says they're the same but i have to use Harvard (for the
few assignments where i need to do references) and my girlfriend has to use
APA yet they're different. They may be similar but they are not the same.
 
M

Malvasia

This answer is wrong,

APA from the American Psychological Association
and Harvard style from Harvard University

look very much the same, but slight differences exist with regards to commas
or brackets.
 
G

grammatim

American editors/publishers do not know of a "Harvard style." What
reference book do you consult to get the details of "Harvard style"?
 
G

grammatim

It looks like APA with slight improvements in the direction of
Chicago. Note that the only referenced sources are from South Africa
and the UK, so we're no closer to Harvard University or its Press.
 
P

p0

Hi Brad,

the link you provide are details of A Harvard system, not of THE
Harvard system as THE Harvard system does not exist. Some examples:

1)University of Leeds: http://library.leeds.ac.uk/info/200201/training/218/references_and_citations_explained

- authors should be displayed using capital letters;
- there should be a period between authors and year.

Example: FLETCHER, F.K. and J. COOPER. 2003. Citing your sources.
Liverpool: Lyme Printworks.

2)Anglia Ruskin University: http://libweb.anglia.ac.uk/referencing/harvard.htm

- authors should NOT be displayed using capital letters only;
- there should be a COMMA between authors and year.

Example: Barker, R. Kirk, J. & Munday, R.J., 1988. Narrative analysis.
3rd ed. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.

3)University of Exeter: http://education.exeter.ac.uk/dll/studyskills/harvard_referencing.PDF

- authors should NOT be displayed using capital letters only;
- the year should be between round brackets.

Example: McCarthy, P. and Hatcher, C. (1996) Speaking persuasively:
Making the most of your presentations, Sydney: Allen and Unwin.


Yves
 
J

JGraham

p0 said:
Hi Brad,

the link you provide are details of A Harvard system, not of THE
Harvard system as THE Harvard system does not exist. Some examples:

1)University of Leeds: http://library.leeds.ac.uk/info/200201/training/218/references_and_citations_explained

- authors should be displayed using capital letters;
- there should be a period between authors and year.

Example: FLETCHER, F.K. and J. COOPER. 2003. Citing your sources.
Liverpool: Lyme Printworks.

2)Anglia Ruskin University: http://libweb.anglia.ac.uk/referencing/harvard.htm

- authors should NOT be displayed using capital letters only;
- there should be a COMMA between authors and year.

Example: Barker, R. Kirk, J. & Munday, R.J., 1988. Narrative analysis.
3rd ed. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.

3)University of Exeter: http://education.exeter.ac.uk/dll/studyskills/harvard_referencing.PDF

- authors should NOT be displayed using capital letters only;
- the year should be between round brackets.

Example: McCarthy, P. and Hatcher, C. (1996) Speaking persuasively:
Making the most of your presentations, Sydney: Allen and Unwin.


Yves
--
http://www.codeplex.com/bibliography



One of the most comprehensive groups of documents on Harvard Referencing is to be found at http://home.ched.coventry.ac.uk/caw/harvard/. Most UK universities who do not have their own description refer to this site.
 
M

meg

James_h1023 said:
Within the in-built citation feature of word you can bibliography citation
style except in my institution i am to use the harvard referencing system,
but can't find any extra styles on the web. Any suggestions?
 
M

meg

most universities or educational institutions have examples of referencing
styles available through their student services or lecturers. i have to use
harvard as well and find it most annoying that this style is not available in
word. harvard is very different to APA
 
P

p0

As mentioned before in this topic, Harvard referencing is not uniquely
defined. You can find (partial) implementations for the versions used
by Leeds University and Anglia Rushkin University at
http://www.codeplex.com/bibliography/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Styles

If non of those two styles fit your needs but you require only little
changes to one (name in upper or lower case, ...) you might want to
check out the help file (http://www.codeplex.com/bibliography/Release/
ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=20305) or leave a message at the
discussion forum of the project.

But what you really should do is go/write to the head librarian of
your institution and tell him/her to develop a stylesheet for Word
which fits their requirements.

Yves
 

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