Harvard Referencing Style: Book & Journal Examples

This assignment focuses on the application of the Harvard referencing system, providing examples for books ('Cite Them Right' by Richard Pears & Graham Shields) and journals ('Film Matters' by David Hollands). It emphasizes the importance of proper referencing to avoid plagiarism and maintain academic integrity.

Correct use of Harvard
referencing at the University
of Sunderland

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................4

INTRODUCTION
In order to use the Harvard referencing system, its importance consist to refer any text. In
other words, it is the system in which produces other material, text and other things will be refer
to citing (Shapiro, 2017). In addition to this, it requires proper consistency and accuracy that is
important to readers to assess and locate the material.
MAIN BODY
In respect to use the correct referencing, there are different sources and benefits will be
develop in the assignments that is essential part of the studying in university. In respect to this,
when lectures are determines about the referencing it means that acknowledgement of the
different resources has been gathered that provide useful citation as the reference list part (Best
and Kahn, 2016). Citing the sources helps to avoid the plagiarism that locate by the different
sources. With the help of the right outline, essential resources needed that build assignment.
However, wrong citing create negative impact and reduce standards that can be vary from the
topic. In this regard, particular referencing need to be placed so that it is important to carry study
in systematic manner.
Further, there are different types of referencing styles exists such as OSCOLA, APA,
MLA, etc. These kinds of referencing styles used for different subjects and culture. For the
subjects in the faculty of Arts and Creative cultures tends to use the Harvard referencing format.
It is also known as the author system of particular date (Fleischmann, Schmidt and Brger, 2014).
Member of the university of Sunderland also need to know that they are access the right cite to
implement as the right online. Therefore, it includes different resources that are recommends and
assists to get started. Further, it is also essential to take guiding to Harvard referencing which
determines as the common referencing formats. It is also available to book and borrowed from
the library. It is the important part of the MBA and BA marketing which denotes that many
students (Jackson, 2015).
In respect to follow the part-time MBA and BA in marketing, many students not fully
understand the dissertation needs that essentially referenced. Therefore, it is essential to come up
the original ideas and opinion towards the research deserves credit. Further, it is also important
to take career to avoid issue and problems of plagiarism. Therefore, it is tempting to avoid the
use of the another work of the other person. It is inadvisable which considered as the hypothesis
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and opinion towards the topic (Boland, Cherry and Dickson, 2017). Hence, it is important to find
the actual information and considered proper referencing that is credible of the work. Increasing
the credibility of the work also implementing with existing content in the dissertation. It proves
that researched topic also understand which is related with the clear thought. Beside this, it is
also shows that words are your own but concept and opinion of different person.
In order to avoid plagiarism, material need to be paraphrased and quoted from the other
element which need to be referenced. It includes ideas and concept that can be borrowed from
work of the other person (Oyeyemi, Gabarron and Wynn, 2014). Referencing will be done in
different terms and conditions will be applied that are expected for the dissertation. Standard
form of the dissertation also helps to create effective Harvard referencing in systematic manner.
Therefore, it is important to correct the format as well. Further, following Harvard referencing
style need to note the certain details which develop different source of information such as book,
articles, website, etc. Hence, when necessary information will be collected there is standard way
is needed to put it together. In the text-citations, direct readers convincing with standard that put
it together. In the general format, it need to be followed because there are many slight variations
in the Harvard referencing style considered itself (Anderson, Steen and Stavropoulos, 2017).
Hence, it is often that there are many places in which students are also getting confused. Beside
this, it has been noted that there are no rules that there is general format is correct or not. In
addition to this, it is not sure that contains requires effective information.
Along with this, there are many kinds of information exist that helps to create proper
referencing in systematic manner. Further, this system also make sure that in-text referencing is
needed with bibliography at the end. Another application also called endnote which is available
along with the different styles. In addition to this, it is also includes online referencing style on
the different website that considered through www.harvardgenerator.com. In regard this, there
are further automated system included that assists to make sure that insert similar kinds of
referencing style assists to create variety of the situation. There are different kinds of referencing
styles will be used that assists to follow variety of the situation in the dissertation (Shapiro,
2017). In this way, books are also written which implement in the system. Following are certain
example of the Harvard referencing system included:
Books reference:
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Pears, Richard & Sh ields, Graham (2005),Cite Them Right: The Essential Guide for Referencing
and Plagiarism.Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Pear Tree Books
In the above referencing style, person who give this book denotes by Pears, Richard &
Shields, Graham (2005). Further, Cite Them Right: The Essential Guide for Referencing and
Plagiarism is name of the topic that taken in the study. At the end, Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Pear
Tree Books is the book name that helps to take views and opinion for the topic.
Journal magazines
Hollands, David (2010) ÔTowards a New Category of Remake: A First Analysis of theRebootÕ,
Film Matters
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In this reference, title of the journal, volume number, issue number, page number
denotes.
CONCLUSION
From the above report, it can be stated that referencing is the systematic work
performance that assist to create systematic view of the study at workplace. In this regard, proper
functioning and standard made in the university of Sunderland. In this regard, proper
understanding towards the topic will be made at workplace that assists to create effective results.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Anderson, E.L., Steen, E. and Stavropoulos, V., 2017. Internet use and Problematic Internet Use:
A systematic review of longitudinal research trends in adolescence and emergent
adulthood. International Journal of Adolescence and Youth, 22(4), pp.430-454.
Best, J.W. and Kahn, J.V., 2016. Research in education. Pearson Education India.
Boland, A., Cherry, G. and Dickson, R. eds., 2017. Doing a systematic review: A student's guide.
Sage.
Fleischmann, A., Schmidt, W. and Brger, E., 2014. Subject-oriented business process
management. Springer Publishing Company, Incorporated.
Jackson, S.L., 2015. Research methods and statistics: A critical thinking approach. Cengage
Learning.
Oyeyemi, S.O., Gabarron, E. and Wynn, R., 2014. Ebola, Twitter, and misinformation: a
dangerous combination?. Bmj, 349, p.g6178.
Shapiro, M., 2017. Style. In The Speaking Self: Language Lore and English Usage (pp. 203-
278). Springer International Publishing.
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