This week’s topics
Referencing: why and how
- In-text citations
- The reference list
- Harvard style basics
What you will be able to do
- 2.1 Apply Harvard referencing to in-text citations and a reference list.
Activity
Write Harvard references for a book, a website and an article.
Study materials
Further resources
- Harvard Referencing Quick Guide (2025) · PDF · York St John University (2025), two-page guide to Harvard in-text citations and the reference list · for registered students
- Writing Guide, 10.8: Spotlight on Citation · PDF · OpenStax Writing Guide with Handbook (2021), 10.8 on why and how writers cite their sources, pp. 346–347 · for registered students
- Four activities to promote student engagement with referencing skills · Open-access article · Williams et al. (2014), Psychology Teaching Review. Classroom activities that make referencing skills stick. · for registered students
- Everything online is a website: information format confusion in student citation behaviors · Open-access article · Greer (2018), Communications in Information Literacy. How students cite different source types and common citation mistakes. · for registered students
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