About this Guide
Accurate referencing is critical to quality academic writing and avoidance of
plagiarism. To assist students to develop this important skill, the need for a
nominated style – in the absence of an established discipline-specific style –
was identified by the University's Academic Senate:
That Academic Senate approve the proposal that the University adopt the Harvard
Referencing System as the default referencing system to be used in the absence
of documented Faculty/Discipline preferred referencing techniques, to be
effective from 2004
Academic Senate 2003, Resolution 111/03, Minutes from 19/11/2003,
UOW, Wollongong
As the Harvard Referencing System has many variations, the Library, Learning
Development and CEDIR have collaborated to produce the UOW Author-Date
(Harvard) Referencing Guide.
The Style Manual for Authors, Editors and Printers (2002) was used as the basis
for tailoring the Guide. Other reputable sources were consulted for
consistency, particularly when dealing with resource types not addressed in the
Style Manual. Reference entries for additional resource types were developed
based upon those included in the Style Manual. It is still not possible to
include all variations, particularly as new resources are constantly emerging.
At times you will still need to adapt the existing reference type examples to
create an appropriate equivalent.
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How to Use this Guide
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Remember, the keys to good referencing are
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Always check with your lecturer or tutor
for clarification, as the accuracy of your referencing is part of the
assessment of your work.
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Refer to the Glossary for definitions of resource types, terms
used and standard abbreviations.
If the examples provided do not exactly match the elements of
the resource you wish to reference:
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Look carefully at a similar reference type and use the Format of key
elements, together with the examples provided, to construct
entries in-text and within the reference list
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If some of the key elements cannot be found, include as much detail as you can
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Acknowledgements
Style Manual for Authors, Editors and Printers 2002, 6th edn, John
Wiley, Queensland.
Learning Connection 2006, Referencing Using the Harvard Author-Date System,
University of South Australia, accessed 23/6/2006,
http://www.unisanet.unisa.edu.au/learningconnection/student/learningAdvisors/
documents/harvard-referencing.pdf
 
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