A reference table for the most commonly used sources

This is a table of what to include for the most common sources of information. You can
use it to see at a glance what to include for your reference list, or for what information
to record at the time when taking notes from a source. For less common sources, see
the A Guide to the Harvard System on the Study Skills web site.

Author
and
Initial*

Book
Chapter
from book
Journal
article
Electronic
journal
article

Year of
publication

Title of
article/chapter

Title of
publication

**

Issue
information
(volume,
issue no.)

Place of
Publisher
publication
(city)

Edition (if
available)

Page
number(s)

Website

Newspaper
article

(day and
month)
* This will normally be a person but may be an organisation e.g. National Health Service.
** Both the author of the chapter and the editor of the publication (i.e. book) are required.

Author and year are required for the in-text reference (i.e. the bit that goes in brackets in the main body of an assignment)
Andy Gould, Division of Learning Enhancement, Access and Partnership
University of Greenwich 2007

Date
accessed

(title of
web site)

Full web
address

Reference List Table