ARU Harvard
ARU students are now required to use the Cite Them Right style of Harvard referencing, see our Cite Them Right page.The full guide has two sections. In the first part we show you how to cite a reference in the text of your assignment, in the second part we have included instructions for each of the main source types such as books or web pages. Examples are given in red. Any similarities with published works are coincidental.
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MAIN GUIDE PART 2: THE REFERENCE LIST
USING BOOKS, JOURNALS AND NEWSPAPERS
E-books
E-books available through the University Library
For e-books accessed through a password protected database from the University Library the required elements for a reference are:
Author, Initials., Year, Title of book. [e-book] Place of publication: Publisher. Followed by Available through: ARU Library website <https://library.aru.ac.uk> [Accessed date].
For an open access e-book freely available over the internet such as through Google books
The required elements for a reference are:
Author, Initials., Year. Title of book. [e-book] Place of publication (if known): Publisher. Followed by Available at: e-book source and web address or URL for the e-book [Accessed date].
For an e-book from specific e-readers and other devices such as Kindle, or Nook
The required elements for a reference are:
Author, Initials., Year, Title of book. [e-book type] Place of publication (if available): Publisher. Followed by Available at: e-book source and web address [Accessed date].
If you include a quotation from an e-book without page numbers, use the section heading or chapter heading as a guide to locating your quotation, if available.
For e-books accessed through a password protected database from the University Library the required elements for a reference are:
Author, Initials., Year, Title of book. [e-book] Place of publication: Publisher. Followed by Available through: ARU Library website <https://library.aru.ac.uk> [Accessed date].
Fishman, R., 2005. The rise and fall of suburbia. [e-book] Chester: Castle Press. Available through: ARU Library website <https://library.aru.ac.uk> [Accessed 12 May 2010].
Carlsen, J. and Charters, S., eds. 2007. Global wine tourism. [e-book] Wallingford: CABI Pub. Available through: ARU Library website <https://library.aru.ac.uk> [Accessed 9 June 2008].
Wood, P. and Chesterton, W., eds. 2018. Global warming and the oceans. 4th ed. [e-book] Oxford: Oxford University Press. Available through: ARU Library website <https://library.aru.ac.uk> [Accessed 9 June 2008].
Carlsen, J. and Charters, S., eds. 2007. Global wine tourism. [e-book] Wallingford: CABI Pub. Available through: ARU Library website <https://library.aru.ac.uk> [Accessed 9 June 2008].
Wood, P. and Chesterton, W., eds. 2018. Global warming and the oceans. 4th ed. [e-book] Oxford: Oxford University Press. Available through: ARU Library website <https://library.aru.ac.uk> [Accessed 9 June 2008].
For an open access e-book freely available over the internet such as through Google books
The required elements for a reference are:
Author, Initials., Year. Title of book. [e-book] Place of publication (if known): Publisher. Followed by Available at: e-book source and web address or URL for the e-book [Accessed date].
Cookson, J. and Church, S. eds., 2007. Leisure and the tourist. [e-book] Wallingford: ABS Publishers. Available at: Google Books <https://books.google.com> [Accessed 9 June 2008].
For an e-book from specific e-readers and other devices such as Kindle, or Nook
The required elements for a reference are:
Author, Initials., Year, Title of book. [e-book type] Place of publication (if available): Publisher. Followed by Available at: e-book source and web address [Accessed date].
Patterson, M. 2012. Lost places in dreams. [Kindle DX version] Transworld Media. Available at: Amazon.co.uk <https:// www.amazon.co.uk> [Accessed 9 June 2012].
If you include a quotation from an e-book without page numbers, use the section heading or chapter heading as a guide to locating your quotation, if available.
USING ELECTRONIC SOURCES
Social Media
The required elements for a reference are:
Author, Initials., Year. Title of page. [Social Media Type] Day/month post written. Available from:<URL>[ Accessed date].
Author, Initials., Year. Full text of tweet. [Social Media Type] Day/month tweet written. Available at: <URL> [Date accessed].
Author, Initials., Year. Title of page. [Social Media Type] Day/month post written. Available from:<URL>[ Accessed date].
Andrews, A., 2012. Customer Focus Group. [Facebook] 11 November. Available at:<www.facebook.com/andrews> [Accessed 11 November 2010].
Author, Initials., Year. Full text of tweet. [Social Media Type] Day/month tweet written. Available at: <URL> [Date accessed].
Big Red Corporation. 2013. New products for cars. [Twitter] 17 May. Available at:<https://twitter .com/ bigredcorporation/promotions> [Accessed 13 November 2010].