Guide to Plagiarism, Research and Referencing


Examples of referencing using Harvard style:

Websites

In-text citations

We use an article from the website ‘dvm360’ as an example for in-text citations. Note that there are two authors; this does not change anything apart from needing to include two authors. The following orders should be used, depending on the situation:

  • (Surname, year of publication). Example:
    It is essential that, in this digital age, veterinary practices ensure not only that they have up-to-date contact information for their clients, but also that they are aware as to how their clients would prefer to be contacted (Tumblin & Materni 2013).
  • Surname (year of publication) Example:
    In their article, Tumblin and Materni (2013) describe the need for veterinary practice owners and managers to invest in their staff.

Reference list

You should use the following order when including sources in the reference list: surname of author, initial of author, date of creation/last revised, Title, sponsor, place of sponsorship, date viewed, .

So, using the website ‘dvm360’ as an example, the reference list entry would appear as follows:

Tumblin, D. & Materni, C. (2013) 3 bad spending habits of veterinary practice owners and managers. Available at http://veterinarybusiness.dvm360.com/vetec/Veterinary+business/3-bad-spending-habits-of-veterinary-practice-owner/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/829731?contextCategoryId=46659. (Accessed: 20 December 2013)

Note that ‘place of sponsorship’ is not applicable here, as it is not provided on the website.