Referencing checklist

1. A reference table for the most commonly used sources
This is a table of whatto include for the most common sources ofinformation.You can
use it to see at a glance whatto include for your reference list, or for what information
to recordat 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.
Reference ListTable
Author
and
Initial*

Year of
publication

Title of
article/chapter
Title of
publication
Issue
information
(volume,
issue no.)
Place of
publication
(city)
Publisher Edition (if
available)
Page
number(s)
Fullweb
address
Date
accessed
Book      
Chapter
from book **       
Journal
article
     
Electronic
journal
article
       
Website  

(title of
web site)
 
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