CHAPTERS IN BOOKS NEWSPAPER ARTICLES: ACADEMIC

WITH EDITORS WITH AUTHOR ENGLISH

SERVICE
Author’s surname, Initial. (year of publication) ‘Title of Author’s surname, Initial. (year) ‘Title of article’, Name of LEARNING AND
chapter’, in surname/s and initial of editor/s. (ed.) Title of Newspaper (regional edn. – if applicable), day and month, page ENHANCEMENT
book. Place of publication: Publisher, page numbers of number. For example:
chapter. For example:
Grundy, E. (2020) ‘As easy as ABC?’, The Guardian, 9 May, p. 24.
Grub, H. (2015) ‘The Amazing Ant’, in Phelps, E. and
Leyton, M. (eds.) Insect Lifecycles. Hollywood: California
Press, pp. 56-79. NEWSPAPER ARTICLES:
LEARNING STUDENT
WITH NO AUTHOR TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNI
ARTICLE IN PRINTED OR Title of Newspaper (capital letters for each word except ‘and’ ‘of’ A QUICK
LEARNING AND TEACHING
LEARNING AND
ELECTRONIC JOURNAL and so on) (year) ‘Title of article’, day and month, page number.
ENHANCEMENT ENHANCEMENT

Author’s surname, Initial. (year of publication) ‘Title of

The Herald (2015) ‘Business ethics going bust?’, 3 May, p.14. GUIDE TO
article’ Title of Journal, volume number (part number/
month/season) page numbers. For example:
HARVARD
Baldock, F. (2015) ‘Interpretations of Reality’, Psychology
Today, 21 (3), pp.19-26.
MATERIAL ON BLACKBOARD REFERENCING
ACADEMIC
PROFESSIONAL
Some journal articles may have a doi identification number.
You need to make clear what type of material you are referencing.
This example is for other types of material,
DEVELOPMENT
For example: see Cite Them Right pp. 39-41. LEARNING AND TEACHING
ENHANCEMENT
Shane, T. (2016) ’Teaching in higher education’, Journal Last name, Initial of tutor. (year) ‘Title of item’ Name of academic
of Higher Education, 56 (10), pp. 421–429. module. Available at: URL of access page to virtual learning
doi: 10.4080/02614561007702156. environment (date accessed).
Woody, Z. (2016) Week 3: ‘Basic nutrition guide’ Nutrition in
Health and Growth. Available at: https://learn.canterbury.ac.uk/
WEB PAGES webapps/portal/frameset.jsp (Accessed: 30 October 2016).

Author’s last name, Initial. or Name of organization (year

published/last updated) Title of site. Available at: URL
(Accessed: date). For example:
Health and Safety Executive (2014) Workers: Health and
Safety. Available at: http://www.hse.gov.uk/workers/
(Accessed: 23 October 2016).
For web pages where there is no author or organization, For more resources, see the Student Learning Development
use the title of the site and put it in italics, as in the Blackboard.
following – imaginary – example:
Make learning fun! (2019) Available at: http://www.
spoof.url.com (Accessed: 10 January 2019).
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Most departments in the university use the Harvard If the author’s name is part of your sentence, it does not go inside NB You must include all the names on your list of references.
referencing system but there are some exceptions, and the brackets. For example: For example:
individual subjects may have specific rules for things like Crane (2015, p. 23) claims that ’the majority of single pets live in Howard, C., Smith, T., Jones, L. and Brown, N. (2015)
footnotes. Check with your department to make sure. very privileged circumstances’. Enemies and Friends. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
This is a short guide to the most commonly used types of If the author’s name is not part of your sentence, it goes inside the
sources. Detailed information can be found in: brackets. For example:
Pears, R. and Shields, G. (2016) Cite Them Right: The It has been suggested that ’the majority of single pets live in very
CITING MULTIPLE SOURCES
Essential Referencing Guide. 10th edn. Basingstoke: privileged circumstances’ (Crane, 2015, p. 23). If you include more than one reference for the same point, list
Palgrave. them all in brackets, earliest first, and separate by semicolons.
Quotations of more than three lines should be written as separate
It is available in the library, from the bookshop or on paragraphs and indented. This paragraph should be single spaced. You For example:
Blackboard. do not need quotation marks but you should still give the author’s last Various studies (Smith, 2011; Brown, 2012; Green, 2013)
name, the year and the page number, all in brackets at the end. have shown that cats prefer to avoid dogs in the multi-pet
NB If your department does not use Harvard, short guides
to other referencing systems are available in Cite Them household.
Right or from the library website: IN YOUR TEXT:
http://www.canterbury.ac.uk/library/citing-references/ PARAPHRASING OR SUMMARISING BIBLIOGRAPHY /
citing-references.asp
If you summarise or paraphrase (put into your own words) what the LIST OF REFERENCES
author says, you do not need to use quotation marks but you must
MAKING REFERENCES include the key information (the author’s last name and the year of Check with your department which name you should use and
publication). For example: whether you should include only sources you have actually
It is essential to give references whenever you use ideas,
Doyle (2014) argues that despite technological advances, radio mentioned in your essay, or all the sources that you have read.
images or information that come from someone else.
production is less sophisticated than in the past. Items in the bibliography are put in alphabetical order of
References go in two places:
Or the first author’s/editor’s surname. You must include all the
•A
 t the point in your essay where you use the material There is evidence to suggest that despite technological advances, authors/editors. You should not separate different types
(give key information). radio production is less sophisticated than in the past (Doyle, 2014). of items (e.g. books, journal articles, websites). If there is
• In the bibliography or list of references at the end (give no author, consult Cite Them Right for what to do in each
individual case.
full details).
MULTIPLE AUTHORS:
Failure to do this can be considered plagiarism.
If there are two authors, you should list both in your text and
reference list. EXAMPLES - BOOKS
IN YOUR TEXT: Similarly, if there are three authors, all three should be listed in the
Author/editor’s surname, Initial. (year of publication) Title.
USING QUOTATIONS text and reference list.
Place of publication: Name of Publisher. For example:
If there are four or more authors, use only the first surname followed
When quoting from a source, you use the author’s exact by et al. in your text. For example: Doyle, R. (2014) The Art of Radio Production. Boston:
words. You should put these words inside quotation marks Boston Press.
Howard et al. (2015) account for the increase in cat ownership
and include the key information: by referring to recent changes in family life. Mason, P. (ed.) (2017) Marketing. London: Business Press.
• the author’s last name (not initials or title) Or If the book is not the first edition, add this information
• the year of publication Recent changes in family life have led to an increase in cat between the title and the place of publication:
• the number of the page that the quote comes from ownership (Howard et al., 2015).
Doyle, R. (2018) The Art of Radio Production. 3rd edn.
Boston: Boston Press.