Author Guidelines – archived


Citation 

References to other publications must follow one of the major academic writing styles (APA, MLA, Turabian, AMA, CSE, ACS, or Harvard). All references should be carefully checked for completeness, accuracy and consistency.

The following examples are in Harvard style:

  • In-text citation: (Watson, 2010) using the first named author’s name or (Watson and Steven, 2010) citing both names of two, or (Watson et al., 2010), when there are three or more authors.
  • References: At the end of the paper a reference list in alphabetical order should be supplied:
  • Books: Surname, Initials (year), Title of Book, Publisher, Place of publication.
  • Book chapters: Surname, Initials (year), “Chapter title”, Editor’s Surname, Initials, Title of Book, Publisher, Place of publication, pages.
  • Journals: Surname, Initials (year), “Title of article”, Journal Name, volume, number, pages.
  • Published conference proceedings: Surname, Initials (year of publication), “Title of paper”, in Surname, Initials (Ed.), Title of published proceeding which may include place and date(s) held, Publisher, Place of publication, Page numbers.
  • Unpublished conference proceedings: Surname, Initials (year), “Title of paper”, paper presented at Name of Conference, date of conference, place of conference, available at: URL if freely available on the internet (accessed date).
  • Working papers: Surname, Initials (year), “Title of article”, working paper [number if available], Institution or organization, Place of organization, date.
  • Encyclopedia entries: Title of Encyclopedia (year) “Title of entry”, volume, edition, Title of Encyclopedia, Publisher, Place of publication, pages.
  • Newspaper articles (authored): Surname, Initials (year), “Article title”, Newspaper, date, pages.
  • Newspaper articles (non-authored): Newspaper (year), “Article title”, date, pages.
  • Electronic sources: If available online, the full URL should be supplied at the end of the reference, as well as a date that the resource was accessed.