Harvard referencing is a flexible style with various versions. While these versions are broadly similar, they may differ slightly in terms of order, formatting, and punctuation. At Falmouth University, the Falmouth Harvard style has been developed as a collaboration between academic staff and the Academic Skills Advisors.
Falmouth Harvard is an 'author-date' style of referencing. It has two parts:
Click on the link below for the complete guide to the Falmouth Harvard style of referencing and citation. The Academic Skills team recommend that you bookmark or download a copy of this guide and refer to it when working with sources in your university work. (Alternatively, if you are on campus, you can pick up a printed copy from the University Library.)
Note: The guide is updated periodically to include new and emerging information source types.
The guide is organised into three main sections:
In the Citation and Referencing section, there is an example of an in-text citation and its corresponding full end-reference for different source types (book, journal article or website, for example).
Use the contents page to navigate to the example for the source type you need to reference. (You can also use the keyboard ctrl+f to find a source type.) Read the guidance and follow the example to create your own in-text citation and full reference for your List of References.
The section on Captioning and Referencing Images gives examples of how to create a caption and a corresponding full image reference for a List of Figures. Read the section on what to consider when working with images to get the most from this guide.
There is a section on how to set out your List of References or Bibliography; and another section which explains what to do when referencing sources that are missing information.
NOTE: No guide can fully cover every type of source, and you will sometimes need to use your own judgment as to how best to reference a non-standard source type. As much as possible, try to be consistent with the order, formatting and punctuation of your references as set out in this guide.
You don’t need to memorise the details of formatting a reference. You can refer to the style guide or use a reference management tool such as MyBib or Zotero that can do the formatting for you (remember to select Falmouth Harvard from the style library). However, referencing tools are not perfect, so it is good to know how to check what they generate with the guide.
Falmouth Harvard is the most widely used referencing style across the University. However, some courses and assignments may recommend that you use another style such as MHRA, APA or IEEE, (or Popular Harvard rather than Falmouth Harvard) so always check with your course team which referencing style your course and assignment requires you to use.
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