Friday 12 November 2010

The University of Glamorgan Guide to Harvard Referencing


Welcome to the CELT blog for feedback on the new University of Glamorgan Guide to Harvard Referencing. We would like you to use this blog to provide feedback on the guide and indicate if you feel there are areas where the guide could be strengthened, amended or needs review. We appreciate you taking the time to provide us with your thoughts about the guide and will use your feedback when the guide is reviewed at the end of the current academic year.

During the 2010-11 academic year, we are encouraging academic staff, students, colleagues in the Education Drop in Centres, Information Librarians, student reps and SU Sabbatical Officers to familiarise themselves with the guide. The feedback from this blog will be part of the review at the end of the current academic year before the guide becomes the regulatory norm when Harvard referencing is used from 2011-12 onwards. Each Faculty has listed their derogations from Harvard and the guide is not intended to replace existing established forms of referencing forms. However, it is designed to provide a definitive single point of guidance for all staff and students where no discipline specific form of referencing is being used.

If you would like to discuss the guide further, please contact your Faculty Head of Learning and Teaching, or Karen Fitzgibbon in CELT.
Posted by Esyin Chew at 03:18

13 comments:

  1. Julie13 January 2011 at 04:14

    The guide is very straight forward and easy to use. This is a positive step to support a clear and consistent method of referencing for UoG students.

    Only two small queries:
    1. Is it also an option to have 'open punctuation'? ie Huxley P, Evans S and Cestgari L. (2007)....

    2. Do you need a full stop after et al. You've used one on page 2, but not on page 17 (under Short quotation, In text Example: 'Chartrand et al'. (I'm guessing it's just a matter of being consistent?)

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  2. Julie13 January 2011 at 04:53

    In the section: How to reference other sources, Government Department publication - why have you put 'Great Britain' as the country, when the actual website clearly says UK?
    Why not UK or would you need to put United Kingdom in full?

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  3. Emma18 January 2011 at 05:23

    I have spotted an example of inconsistency on p2 - Books with editors(s). Where the author has more than one initial, should it be Knorr-Cetina, K. D. or Knorr-Cetina, K.D.?

    Also many students get confused when they see an author's name on the title page of a book. For example, which is the first name and which is the last name? Or, how do they reference double-barreled surnames without hyphens? Would it be useful to provide some guidelines on this common dilemma?

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  4. Anonymous25 January 2011 at 07:45

    Overall, the document looks straightforward, but there are a few things that stand out to me.

    It includes sculpture and painting but overlooks architecture and furniture.

    I would suggest that [media] be added to sculpture in the same way that it was added to painting.

    Furniture could be presented the same way as sculpture, but with [media] added instead of [sculpture].

    I would suggest that architecture be close to what is advised for sculpture, with the following exceptions: 1. the location (i.e. Cambridge or Cambridge, MA) should be given instead of the collection; 2. there is no need to add media to architecture, as I suggested for sculpture; 3. the view of the building should be given (i.e. west facade, nave, or kitchen), unless there is just one view to be seen of the building.

    Also, it seemed unusual to me that the presentation of websites with no author in the reference would start with http:// instead of Anonymous.

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  5. Hilary28 February 2011 at 06:08

    Hi, I think the guide is looking excellent and long overdue - so many thanks. just two small points.
    Please can we have an example, specifically for police sciences,on how to reference Legislation eg. the Theft Act 1968.
    Also
    Please could we have some guidance as to how long the URL should be as some URLs can be several lines long.
    Many thanks

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  6. Pat Duxbury14 April 2011 at 02:29

    A lecturer has queried the reference on page 4 - regarding a book with 2 authors - which he thinks could be misleading to students.

    Also, when quoting statutes - from HSE etc - should they have brackets, or not?

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  7. Neil14 April 2011 at 05:13

    Thanks for the guide. It's one of the best I've seen so far, and is set out in a way that is clear and straightforward for students.

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  8. Anonymous26 April 2011 at 10:38

    An effort that is worth appreciating. The style is short and seems precise, but I think few students would be as confused as I am. In the course of development of Glam's style of havard, I have adopted and used the one I found on one of LRC's publications in all my courseworks, which is the Anglia Ruskin University's style of Havard Referencing (it is complete and comprehensive).
    I found switching to Glam's style which is still in development phase a bit confusing, especially now that I have only my proposal and project left.

    Can the present set of graduating students be saved the confusion and the stress of a sudden switch by allowing us continue with the style of havard we're acquainted with?
    For example, Here's the link to the one I am talking about for comparism purpose.

    http://libweb.anglia.ac.uk/referencing/files/Harvard_referencing_2010.pdf

    I am not trying to whinge about the university's decision, just that I as a learner find sudden changes very disturbing and I feel I might not be the only one in this shoe.
    Thanking you.

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  9. Kath Williams5 May 2011 at 09:32

    Just to re-iterate Hilary's point above, Legislation will also be referenced by educationalists, nurses and, of course, law students.

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  10. JeffreyVN19 January 2012 at 15:50

    Hi there,

    I was just wondering if there is a Microsoft Office Bibliography Extension (XSL) file available for our referencing style? I found a few on http://bibword.codeplex.com/releases/view/15852 but they don't seem to comply with the guide. I would be really helpful for all the student if something like this was available.

    If it is not there yet, I could make one if appreciated.

    Kind Regards.

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  11. JessicaW4 February 2012 at 06:02

    Hi!

    I've been using the harvard generator, I haven't had any issues, but is this ok?

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  12. Marc2 March 2012 at 06:02

    Hi, is there an Endnote-style plugin for the Glam Harvard Referencing, which I can import to Endnote? this would be great!

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  13. Unknown28 July 2012 at 03:41

    Good reference guide However, Journal articles is for a single author only could we have two and three at what point do we use "et al". In the book references you have single author, two authors and more than three (four or more) is three authors "et al"?

    Finally could you feed back on the blogspot? I have no idea if you are reviewing this at all.

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