LibGuides: Social Work: Referencing: The Harvard Solent Way

Introduction to Referencing

In academic writing, it's essential that you cite (state) your sources of information and ideas. To ensure readers know where you found the information you must include references.

You need to reference all the sources that you use in your assignments - by citing them in the main body of your assignment (an in-text reference) and compiling a full reference list at the end of your work.

Referencing Links

A number of guides are available to help you get to grips with referencing:

Harvard Solent Referencing Guide
Full list of referencing examples. If you can't find it in the factsheet, look here
Referencing Tutorial
A tutorial looking at the importance of referencing and avoiding plagiarism.

Anonymised Documents

In Text

…at NHS Trust A (2017) the procedures for discharge are clearly drawn up.....

Reference List

ANONYMISED TRUST, Year of publication. Title of document. City or County where published ( leave out if this could identify source): Anonymised Trust [unpublished]
NHS TRUST A, 2017. Guidelines for discharge from hospital. Hampshire: NHS Trust A [unpublished]
NHS TRUST A, 2017. Guidelines for discharge from hospital. NHS Trust A [unpublished]

Unpublished Sources/Internal Documents

Use this format for internal documents and policies. Some of the information you would usually put in might not be available, so you cannot include it.

In text

…aims to provide a top-class university education for all those qualified and able to benefit (Southampton Solent University 2015).

Reference list format:

AUTHOR, Year of publication. Title of document. Place of publication (if known): Publisher (if known) [viewed date if online]. Available from: URL (if known) [unpublished]

Example with place of publication and publisher (online)

SOUTHAMPTON SOLENT UNIVERSITY, 2015. Building an excellent university 2015-2020. Southampton: Southampton Solent University [viewed 29 July 2019]. Available from: http://portal.solent.ac.uk/documents/vco/southampton-solent-university-strategy-2015-2020.pdf?t=1541075154683 [unpublished]

Example without place of publication and publisher (online)

SOUTHAMPTON SOLENT UNIVERSITY, 2015. Building an excellent university 2015-2020 [viewed 29 July 2019]. Available from: http://portal.solent.ac.uk/documents/vco/southampton-solent-university-strategy-2015-2020.pdf?t=1541075154683 [unpublished]

Example of print document

SOUTHAMPTON SOLENT UNIVERSITY, 2015. Building an excellent university 2015-2020 [unpublished]

RefWorks

RefWorks is a tool to help you to manage your references. You can export references directly from the library catalogue, databases and even Google Scholar directly into RefWorks and format them into Harvard Solent or other styles as required.

If you use RefWorks it will do most of the work for you, but it will make mistakes as it can only work with the data it can see so check the output against the Harvard Solent Referencing Guide before submitting your assignments.

Visit the RefWorks LibGuide for help in setting up your account and using the functionality of this really useful tool.

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Store your references and produce accurate bibliographies! RefWorks allows you to easily get reference data from databases, websites and more. You can also add references to your assignments as you write. See our video tutorials for more help.

Appointments and email support

Appointments

You can make an appointment for help with RefWorks or Harvard Solent referencing.

Appointments can:

Address any specific questions you might want help with, or
Provide a basic introduction to how to reference or use RefWorks (or both)

Appointments for OSCOLA and APA referencing support please email library.support@solent.ac.uk

Email Support

You can email referencing.support@solent.ac.uk for help with RefWorks and Harvard Solent referencing.  Queries will be dealt with as quickly as possible but please allow up to 72 hours for a response from the Information team.  Please note that this service does not include proof reading or checking of references.