How to Reference Sources

Digital Imaging

How to reference sources

The Harvard System

The most commonly accepted referencing format is called the Harvard System. It’s not too difficult to use, but notice the punctuation in the examples – it’s not there by accident - and try to follow it:

Author’s surname, Author’s forename/initial, (Date of publication), Book Title,Place of publication: Publisher’s name, page numbers if relevant. e.g. Williams, R and Tollett, J (1998) ‘The Non-Designer’s Web Book’, Berkley, California: Peachpit Press.

Magazines, journals and newspapers

Author’s surname, Author’s forename/initial, (Date of publication), ‘Title of the article’, the name of the journal/magazine/newspaper, Issue number (if available), Volume number (if relevant), page numbers. e.g. Simionato, A (2004) ‘Contemporary Magazine Design’, Computer Arts Projects, Issue 63, October, pp 22-27.

Websites

Author’s name (if known), date of publication (if available) (check the bottom of the page), ‘Title of document’, type of electronic format (if relevant), available: [Accessed (Date you visited the site)]. e.g. Kinsey Milner, R (2004) ‘Graphic Design - Club Flyers’, online presentation, available: ,[accessed 1 August 2006].

Images, films, video and other media

Director’s/Photographer’s/Designer’s surname, Forename, ‘Title of film’, (Distributor: date of production). e.g. Cronenberg, David, dir, ‘Videodrome’, Prod. Claude Heroux, Perf. James Wood, (Universal: 1983).

Your bibliography always appears, at the end of your work, on a separate page, and should always list in alphabetical order by surname, and you should always separate primary sources from secondary sources and group by categories, as above.