MMU Harvard referencing video guides

This video will show you how to cite and reference a print book using MMU Harvard referencing. If you access e-books via the library catalogue then these are also referenced as print books.  

First, I am going to demonstrate how to cite an author whose ideas I have summarised in my own words.  I have summarised points made about research in the book Doing Practitioner Research by Fox, Martin and Green. When you summarise or paraphrase another author’s ideas, you must ensure you state where you got the information from. The details you need to include are the surnames of the author or authors of the book, and the year of publication. As there are 3 authors of this book, your citation will comprise of the surname of the first author, in this case Fox, followed by et al. The other piece of information you need is the year of publication, which you can find on the copyright page of the book; this follows the author’s surname in your citation.  

Instead of paraphrasing or summarising, you can cite an author by directly quoting from a page of the book. When using direct quotes you need to put the exact words in single quotation marks, which are highlighted here in red.  You then cite as before using the author’s surname, followed by et al, and the year of publication but then put a colon after the year, followed by the page number that the quotation comes from so that other people can easily locate it.  

When referencing a book at the end of your assignment, you create your reference using information that can be found on the cover of the book and on the copyright page. 

You build your reference as follows -   the surname of the author of the book, a comma then the initial of their first name and a full stop. As there are 3 authors for this book there will need to be a comma after the first initial of the author and you will need to put ‘and’ before the last author’s name. The full stop comes after the initial of the last author. The year of publication of the book comes next in round brackets. The title of the book follows in italics. If there is edition information this goes next, abbreviated to ed. If there is no edition information then leave this out. Next, put the place of publication followed by a colon.  You should always use the first city listed. Put the name of the publisher followed by a full stop. Your reference is now complete.  

To find out how to cite and reference other sources please refer to the online MMU Harvard Referencing guide on the library website. You will also find more videos and FAQS on this page. For more help and information, please email [email protected] or visit the Library website. 

This video will show you how to cite and reference a chapter from an edited book.  

First, I am going to demonstrate how to cite an author whose ideas I have summarised in my own words.  I have summarised points made about action learning in this chapter ‘The Power of Action Learning’ by Garett, which is part of a book:  Action learning in practice edited by Pedlar. When you summarise or paraphrase another author’s ideas, you must ensure you state where you got the information from. The details you need to include are the author of the chapter and year of publication. I might be tempted to cite the name on the cover of the book – Mike Pedlar  – but if I did, I would be saying that I was using Pedlar’s ideas. I am summarising Garett’s ideas from his chapter, so I must use his name. The other piece of information you need is the year of publication, which you can find on the copyright page of the book; this follows the author’s surname in your citation.  

Instead of paraphrasing or summarising, you can cite an author by directly quoting from a chapter. When using direct quotes you need to put the exact words in single quotation marks, which are highlighted here in red. You then cite as before using the author’s surname and year of publication but then put a colon after the year, followed by the page number that the quotation comes from so that other people can easily locate it.  

When referencing a book chapter at the end of your assignment, you create your reference using information that can be found on the first page of the chapter, the copyright page and the cover of the book. 

 You build your reference as follows the surname of the author of the chapter followed by the initial of their first name and a full stop. The year of publication of the chapter in round brackets.  The title of the chapter comes next in single quotation marks. You then need to put the information about the book the chapter comes from. Start by writing ‘In’ in italics. You then need the editor of the books’ surname followed by initial. You do need to follow the name with the letters ed in round brackets to show that this is the editor of the book, not the author. The title of the book follows in italics. If there is edition information this goes next, abbreviated to ed. If there is no edition information then leave this out. Next, you put the place of publication followed by a colon.  You should always use the first city listed. Put the name of the publisher followed by a comma.  Finally, state the first and last page numbers of the chapter, followed by a full stop. Your ref is now complete.  

To find out how to reference other sources please refer to the MMU Harvard online referencing guide. 

For more help and information, please email [email protected] or visit the Library website. 

This video will show you how to cite & reference an internet source where no author’s name is present. In most cases, you would use the name of the organisation as the author. 

When you cite within the main body of your assignment you can do so by summarising the information on the website. If you wanted to summarise the points made here about new child support regulations, you must ensure you state where you got the information from. All the information you need to include in your citation can be found on the webpage itself. Usually you would start the citation by putting the name of the author of the post. However, here, no author is given, so instead you put the name of the organisation, which in this case is Barnardo’s. The other piece of information you need to include is the year of the publication, which follows the organisation’s name in round brackets. When using internet sources you might find that the publication date is not given. If you cannot find the publication date, then do not make up a year; instead, state that there is ‘no date’.  

Instead of paraphrasing words, you can also use direct quotes. When using direct quotes from a webpage you need to put the exact words in quotation marks, which are highlighted here in red. You then cite as before using the organisation’s name and the year of publication (or ‘no date’ if applicable). This is followed by a colon and the word ‘online’ to show that it is an internet source.   

When referencing an internet source at the end of the assignment, all the information you need to include can be found on the web page itself. You build your reference as follows: the name of the organisation then a full stop. The year of publication of the source or ‘no date’ in round brackets.  The title of the page comes next and this needs to be in italics so it stands out from the rest of the reference followed by a full stop. You must then state that the source is available ‘online’, which is put in square brackets. This is followed by the date that the webpage was accessed, also in square brackets.  Finally, you need to insert the URL, which can be found at the top of the screen. Your reference is now complete. 

To find out how to reference other sources please refer to the MMU Harvard online Referencing guide 

For more help and information, please ask a member of staff or visit the library website. 

This video will show you how to cite and reference a paper edition of a newspaper article using the MMU Harvard style of referencing. 

Please note that any newspaper articles you access via MMU library’s databases including LexisLibrary,  should be referenced as a paper edition as these are scanned copies of articles from the print edition. 

I want to use information from this article from the Independent, which I have located on LexisLibrary. First, I am going to demonstrate how to cite an author whose ideas I have summarised in my own words. When you summarise or paraphrase another author’s ideas, you must ensure you state where you got the information from. The details you need to include are the surname of the author of the article and the year of publication.  

Instead of paraphrasing or summarising, you can cite an author by directly quoting from the article.  When using direct quotes you need to put the exact words in single quotation marks. You then cite as before using the author’s surname and year of publication but then put a colon after the year, followed by the page number that the quotation comes from so that other people can easily locate it.  

When referencing a paper edition of a newspaper article you build your reference as follows: the surname of the author followed by the initial of their first name and a full stop. The year of publication comes next in round brackets the title of the article follows in single quotation marks. Next is the title of the newspaper in italics If the article is from a specific supplement then add this next, in this example it isn’t so we just leave it out. next comes the date of publication followed by the edition if applicable, in this case it is the daily edition of the newspaper and finally, the page number or the page range if the article is on more than one page. Your reference is now complete. 

To find out how to cite and reference other sources please refer to the online MMU Harvard Referencing guide on the library website. You will also find more videos and FAQS on this page. 

For more help and information, please email [email protected] or visit the Library website.

This video will show you how to cite and reference a secondary source; this is an author whose ideas you have read about in another text. When you cite within the main body of your assignment you can do so by summarising the arguments you have read. If you wanted to paraphrase the points made here about making a valuable contribution to a research field, you must ensure you state where you got the information from.  

In this case, the book is by one author but the details you are citing are actually written by Boote and Beile. Because Boote and Beile are the authors of the ideas you are citing, you put their names first in your citation. These are followed by the year they published the idea. You can find the year in the text itself. If you left the citation like this you would then be giving the impression that you had read Boote and Beile’s work. You need to show that you have only read a secondary interpretation because if this interpretation is flawed your tutor will attribute this mistake to you. First put ‘cited in’. Then you need to include the name of the author of the book, which in this case is Gray. Finally, you put the date of the book, which can be found on the copyright page. 

Instead of paraphrasing, you can use direct quotes that have come from a different author to the one whose book you are reading. When using direct quotes, you need to put the exact words in quotation marks, which are highlighted here in red. You then cite as before using the original author’s surname – in this case Dochartaigh - and the year the quote was written. Put ‘cited by’ and then name of the author of the book and the book’s date of publication. When citing direct quotes you need to include a page number so that they can be easily located again. Dochartaigh’s original quote was on page 27, but we read it in Gray’s work so you need to write the page number where you read it, in this case page 104. 

Although you mentioned Boote and Beile and Dochartaigh within your assignment, in your reference list, you only need to reference the book you actually read – Gray’s Doing research in the real world. If you would like further information on referencing a book, please refer to the MMU Harvard online Referencing guide. 

Here you can also find out how to reference other sources.  

For more help and information, please ask a member of staff or visit the Library website.