Referencing using the Harvard UCT Referencing style. Questions to ask and steps to follow.

1. BIO1000H 2015
Referencing : Questions to ask
and steps to follow
Presented by Jen Eidelman
UCT Libraries
E-mail: jen.eidelman@uct.ac.za
Telephone: 021 650 2773
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2. What Referencing STYLE do I have to use?
HARVARD UCT (author-date) Referencing Style
What are the Reference List
RULES OF Harvard UCT (author
date) Referencing Style?
What are the In Text RULES OF
Harvard UCT (author-date)
Referencing Style?
What are the RULES of this style?
Is the item a book? Written by a single author? Is
it an edited book with multiple authors?
Is it an online journal? Is it a web page? Is it an
online dictionary?
Each of these items is referenced
in a different way, therefore See
the Harvard UCT (author-date)
referencing style rules before you
proceed with your reference list.

3. WHERE DO I FIND
REFERENCING HELP?

4. WHERE CAN IF FIND EXAMPLES OF THE HARVARD UCT
(AUTHOR-DATE) REFERENCING STYLE?
http://www.lib.uct.ac.za

5. Book
Author, A.A. Year of publication. Title of book. # ed. [if not first]. Place of Publication: Publisher.
Author, A.A. & Author, B.B. Year of publication. Title of chapter. In Title of book. # ed. A. Editor, B. Editor, C. Editor,
Eds. Place of Publication: Publisher. 1-10. (page numbers of chapter)
Chapter in an edited Book
Electronic Journal article
Author, A.A., Author, B.B. & Author, C.C. Year of publication. Title of article. Name of journal. Volume number
(issue number):page numbers. Available: URL [Year retrieved, Month retrieved day retrieved].
Author, A.A., Author, B.B., Author, A.A., Author, C.C. & Author, D.D. 2014. Title of article. In Name of Enclyclopedia.
Publisher. Available: DOI:
Electronic Encyclopaedia article where author is known
Your reference List – examples of different types of reference material
Author, A. Title of article. Available: URL [Year retrieved, Month retrieved day retrieved].
Web site single author
Lab manual
Hattas, D. BIO1000H Practical Manual: semester 1. [BIO1000H Practical Manual]. Adapted by R. Kelly. Department
of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town.

6. Reference lists from different materials
BOOK
Author: John T. O. Kirk
Title of book: Light and photosynthesis in aquatic ecosystems
Edition: 3rd
Year of publication: 2011
Place of publication: Cambridge
Publisher: Cambridge University Press.

7. Kirk, J.T.O. 2011. Light and photosynthesis in aquatic ecosystems.
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press.
Reference List - How to reference in the Harvard UCT
(author-date) style

8. Article in an electronic journal

9. Article in an electronic journal
Reference lists
How to reference in the Harvard UCT (author-date) style.
[2015, August 05].
Abu-Ghosh, S., Fixler, D., Dubinsky, Z. Iluz, D. 2015. Continuous background light
Bioresource technology.
Available: http://www.sciencedirect.com.ezproxy.uct.ac.za/science/article/pii/S096085415004514/pdfft?md5=52f2007fac1edcdc29f87e7fdc7852bb&pid=1-s2.0
-S0960852415004514-main.pdf
significantly increases flashing-light enhancement of photosynthesis and growth of
microalgae. 187:144-148

10. Encyclopedia article – Reference List
Harvard UCT (author-date) style.
Blankenship, R.E., Govindjee, Berkowitz, G.A., Portis, A.R. & Shopes,
R.J. 2014. Photosynthesis. In AccessScience online. McGraw Hill
Education. Available: DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1036/1097-
8542.511700

11. Student Exercise: Book – Harvard UCT (author-date) style.
Author, A., Author, B. & Author, C. Year of publication. Title of book.
Place of Publication: Publisher.
Place of publication: Chichester.
Publisher: Wiley. Year of publication: 2007.
Answer:
Goodwin, W., Linacre, A. & Hadi, S. 2007. An introduction to
forensic genetics. Chichester: Wiley.

13. Author, A.A., Author, B.B. Year of Publication. Title of chapter. In Title of book. A.A. Editor, B.
Editor, Eds. # ed. Place of Publication: Publisher. page numbers of chapter.
Student Exercise: Chapter in Book – Harvard UCT (author-date) style
Author of Chapter: Peter F. Stanbury
Title of chapter: Fermentation technology
Place of publication: Cambridge
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
Date of publication: 2000
Page numbers of chapter 1: 1-24
Answer:
Stanbury, P.F. 2000. Fermentation technology. In Molecular biology and biotechnology. J.M. Walker, R. Rapley, Eds. 4th ed.
Cambridge: Royal Society of Chemistry. 1-24.

14. Author, A.A., Author, B.B. & Author, C.C. Year of publication. Title of article. Title of Journal. volume
number(issue number):page numbers. DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12310
Answer:
Yessoufou, K., Daru, B.D. & Muasya, A.M. 2015. Phylogenetic exploration of commonly used medicinal plants in South
Africa. Molecular ecology resources. 15:405-413. DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12310.
Student Exercise: Journal article available from electronic databases - Harvard UCT (author-date) style.
Note: Digital Object Identifier (DOI) is a
unique number that identifies electronic
documents and other objects in the digital
environment. As the DOI is permanent, there
is no need to add the date accessed in square
brackets after the DOI number.

15. Harvard UCT (author-date) style:
Author, A. Year of publication. Title of article. In Name of encyclopedia. Publisher.
Available: URL [Retrieved year, Retrieved month and day].
http://www.accessscience.com/content/forensic-mitochondrial-dna-
analysis/YB030170
Answer:
Melton, T. 2003. Forensic mitochondrial DNA analysis. In AccessScience Online. McGraw Hill Education. Available:
http://www.accessscience.com/content/forensic-mitochondrial-dna-analysis/YB030170 [2015, August 01].
Student Exercise:

16. Harvard UCT (author-date) style:
Author, A. Date of publication. Title of
article. Available: URL [Year retrieved,
month retrieved day retrieved].
http://allafrica.com/stories/201309090718.htmlStudent Exercise:
Answer: Perkins, N.I. 2013. Africa: realizing the potential of citizen science. Available:
http://allafrica.com/stories/201309090718.html [2015, August 07].

17. Need more help?
Contact Jen.Eidelman@uct.ac.za