To reference most, if not all of your information sources such as maritime books, journal articles and information from websites, you will follow the guidance for that source provided within the factsheet Referencing - The Harvard Solent Way or by following the examples within the Harvard Solent Referencing LibGuide.
If you are unable to ascertain from the guidance provided how to reference a specific maritime source please see some examples listed below: Referencing sources within Regs4Ships and other Regulatory databases, Referencing Corporate Authors, Referencing a regulation and Referencing M Notices.
Access to important maritime literature, including publications and regulations from IMO, Flag States and other authorities in the maritime industry are available through our subscription to Reg4Ships, IMO Vega and Witherby. See Regulatory Databases
Book titles accessed through these databases load within the database screen. Treat the title as a print book for referencing. e.g. AUTHOR, year. Title (in italics). Edition if applicable. Publisher information.
There is no need to included the URL to the database within your reference.
Many of the IMO regulations and professional body publications are also available in print in the library. Search the library catalogue for a title to check publisher information.
Example links to library catalogue:
Corporate authors can be company names, name of a club or society, government department, name of an organisation e.g International Maritime Organisation.
When an information source has a corporate author, substitute the corporate name for an individual author both within the intext reference and within the full reference list.
Titles such as ISGOTT will have multiple corporate authors.
INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER OF SHIPPING, THE OIL COMPANIES INTERNATIONAL MARINE FORUM and THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PORTS AND HARBOURS, 2020. ISGOTT: international safety guide for oil tankers and terminals. 6th ed. Livingston: Witherby Publishing Group Ltd
When you have multiple corporate or group authors, you will list them just as you do if they were individuals (see more information in our multiple authors section).
The first time you write the name of an organisation, it must be written in full, with the abbreviation afterwards in brackets. Example: The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) responsibilities include the safety and security of shipping.
Thereafter, you can use the abbreviation without writing the full name first, this includes citations e.g IMO.
If you are referring to a particular article, rule or regulation, use the following abbreviations: article (art.), rule(s) (r. or rr) or regulation(s) (reg. or regs.) then include those details within your intext reference.
Example: The present regulations within SOLAS "apply only to ships engaged on international voyage". (IMO 2020, reg.1(a)).
Reference M Notices as a website and use the specific author or department for each M Notice as the author. Include the year of the notice. Full title details including the M number and title (in italics). [Date viewed in square brackets] then Available from: URL
You can link to the pdf or the page before which displays full information and pdf link.
Examples:
MARINE SAFETY AGENCY, 1997. MGN 26 (M) High speed craft training: further guidance on course approval and certification. [Viewed 27 October 2020] Available from: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mgn-026-hsc-further-guidance-on-course-approval-certification
MARITIME AND COASTGUARD AGENCY, 2017. MIN 543 (M) Sea service verification on large yachts. [Viewed 27 October 2020] Available from: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/min-543-m-sea-service-verification-on-large-yachts