This document provides information and guidance on referencing sources. It begins with an overview of what referencing is and why it is important. It then demonstrates how to create citations and references in the Harvard style, including for different source types like books, journal articles, web pages, and YouTube videos. The document emphasizes using the university's Library Search and Cite Them Right Online tools to correctly generate references. It concludes with some tips for referencing, and information on getting additional help from a librarian.

1. PDE3330 Nov 2019
Referencing made easy
https://unihub.mdx.ac.uk/study/library

2. In this workshop we will look at..
• Basics
• Creating references
• Getting them right
• Identifying resources
• Referencing from scratch

3. What is referencing?
• Acknowledging other people’s work
• Link between what you write and your evidence
Adapted from: https://www.citethemrightonline.com/Basics/what-is-referencing

4. Why reference?
• Demonstrate that you have read widely
• Evidence of your research
• Establish the credibility and authority of your ideas and
arguments
• Reader can locate original material used
• Give credit to the author/creator
• Highlight and back-up relevant points
• Avoid plagiarism
Adapted from: https://www.citethemrightonline.com/Basics/what-is-referencing

5. Citations and References
Citations:
According to Chapman and Dixon (2009) recent
development in multimedia technology have lead to a
ten-fold increase in the ownership of……….
Ownership of hand-held digital devices has increased
ten-fold due to recent developments in multimedia
technology (Chapman and Dixon, 2009).
Reference:
Chapman, N. and Dixon, J. (2009) Digital multimedia. 3rd
edn. Chichester: John Wiley.

6. Quoting and Paraphrasing
Original as found in the book:
The massive collection of data by the AML technologies that populate the intelligent
environment enables extensive profiling, which in turn is necessary to deliver the
benefits delivered by AML.
Quoted in your essay:
According to Hart, Smith and Wilson “the massive collection of data by the AML
technologies that populate the intelligent environment enables extensive profiling,
which in turn is necessary to deliver the benefits delivered by AML” (p437, 2008).
Paraphrased in your essay:
In order for AML technologies to perform correctly they must collect profiles. As a
result, it is necessary for them to collect a large amount of data (Hart, Smith and
Wilson, 2008).
Reference:
Hart, N., Smith, G. and Wilson, J. (2008) Technologies for fraud detection and
prevention. 3rd edn. Chichester: John Wiley.

7. Sign-in to Library Search for
full functionality
Click on ‘Sign-in’,
choose ‘Middlesex
University’ and use
your university email
address.
Referencing with Library Search
myUniHub > My Study > My Library > Library Search

8. Using Library Search to create Harvard
references
Choose
‘Harvard’
Check against
Cite Them
Right Online

9. Other ways to create references

10. Task 1: Using Cite Them Right
myUniHub > My Study > My Library > Databases > C

11. Ashby, M. F. and Johnson, K. (2010) Materials and
design. 2nd edn. Amsterdam: Butterworth-
Heinemann.
Library Search reference (Book)
Cite Then Right reference (Book)
Ashby, Michael F. & Johnson, Kara., 2010 Materials
and design. 2nd ed., Amsterdam: Butterworth-
Heinemann

12. Wright, P. (2005) ‘Rapid prototyping in consumer
product design’, Communications of the ACM, 48(6),
pp.36–41.
Library Search reference (Journal Article)
Cite Then Right reference (Journal Article)
Wright, Paul, Rapid prototyping in consumer product
design. Communications of the ACM, 2005 vol.48
No. 6, pp.36–41.

13. Task 2: Finding the correct information for
references
Book: Chapter 2 Journal article

14. Chapter in a book
Editor of
book Title of bookEdition
Place of publication
and Publisher
Year of
publication
Author(s)
and title of
chapter
Pages

15. Scaff, L. (2008) ‘Max Weber’ in Stones, R.
(ed.) Key sociological thinkers. 2nd edn.
Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 63-89.
Chapter in a book

16. Journal article
Author
Pages
Year of
publication
Title of
article
Title of
journal
Volume
and
number

17. Ciurana, J. (2014) ‘Designing, prototyping and
manufacturing medical devices: an overview’,
International Journal of Computer Integrated
Manufacturing, 27(10), pp. 901-918.
Journal article

18. Task 3: Referencing from scratch
https://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/PDRef

19. Design Council (2018) Transform Ageing: Wellbeing in
the woods-inside Aquafolium. Available at:
https://www.designcouncil.org.uk/resources/case-
study/transform-ageing-wellbeing-woods-inside-
aquafolium (Accessed: 25 October 2019).
Item 1: Web page

20. Smedley, T. (2016) ‘Ignore new technology at your peril',
The Guardian, 7 July. Available at:
https://www.theguardian.com/media-
network/2016/jul/07/ignore-new-technology-at-your-peril
(Accessed: 24 October 2019).
Item 2: Newspaper Article

21. British Standards Institution (2016) BS8611:2016:
Robots and robotic devices: Guide to the ethical design
and application of robots and robotic systems. London:
British Standards Institution.
Item 3: British Standard

22. Essential Craftsman (2018) 5 knots everyone should
know. Available at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbMEG7OVfpg
(Accessed: 24 October 2018).
Item 4: YouTube video

23. The National Museum of American History. (1924)
Burroughs calculator. Available at:
http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/n
mah_690197 (Accessed: 24 October 2019).
Item 5: Photo from Internet

24. Referencing top tips
• Create references using Library Search
• Use Cite Them Right
• Be consistent

25. Need further help?
Your Librarian is:
Vanessa Hill v.hill@mdx.ac.uk
http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/pdde/Help