ARMPD- Lecture No. 25 (Harvard Referencing)

Harvard Referencing

Harvard referencing is an very important topic for individual who engage in academic projects especially  university students. It has been established to prevent students and other individuals from violating the copyrights and work done by other people. 

let us look at the difference between citation and referencing

(source : https://ilrb.cf.ac.uk/citingreferences/tutorial/whatis1.html )

Citing

When you refer to another author's work in your work you must cite your source by providing the last name of the author and the year of publication.

Referencing

At the end of your work, under the heading References or Bibliography, write a full description of each source you have cited, listing them in alphabetical order by the author's last name.

Importance of Citing references

(source : https://ilrb.cf.ac.uk/citingreferences/tutorial/whyis.html)

1. support your arguments and give your work a factual basis
2. protect yourself against charges of plagiarism
3. demonstrate to assessors or critics that you have carried out the necessary research
4. allow the reader to locate the material you consulted.
5. Accuracy and completeness are important. Keep track of all your sources throughout your research process.

It is important to learn the proper citing techniques so that you can include it to the project or the research which will show some sort of professionalism in your documentation. A reference is used to acknowledge someones work. If your referencing something there should be at least one citation for it otherwise don't use it.

Some of the statements that can be used in  proper citation is as follows,

• As stated by ABC(2012)
• According to ABC(2012)
• As per ABC(2012)
• In accordance with ABC(2012)

Golden Rules that we should follow.

- Don't always stick to one particular phrase to introduce a reference

- Have a variety or a mixture of these phrases

- Do not quote more than 3 lines.

- Always paraphrase

- If you have a multiple authors this is the way to cite it 

    (John,1999; Peter,2000; James,2009).

- Try to avoid anons

- If you are guessing something then 

   2012 C

- When Citing Interviews you need to mention its a personal communication

   ex - Pers.comm

Reflection of the lecture

Today's lecture discussed about the different Harvard referencing and citing methods individuals have to use when using someone else ideas. It is important to use the correct method of citing and referencing because it will protect from violating copy rights and other unethical activities. Today i realized the fact that i had many loop holes in referencing my previous module documentation and i found out that was the main reason for loosing some important marks. I also realized i should be more professional in preparing my documentation and conducting correct referencing and citing methods according to the Harvard system adds more value to the documentation.