Referencing and citing online resources

What is citing and referencing?
When you use ideas or information from sources such as ebooks, journal articles, webpages, images, films or other source materials in your writing you need to show in your document where the information came from.
Why do I need to do it?
Citing and referencing your work correctly is essential. If you acknowledge the work of others you are acting with academic integrity and taking steps to avoid plagiarising someone else's work. You are also allowing someone else to trace your line of research.
The main aim of referencing is to provide enough bibliographic information (such as author, title, date, etc.) for the source (such as an ebook, journal article etc.) to be located by someone reading your document.
Tell me more about academic Integrity
Academic Integrity is at the centre of all the work you do at university. There is more detailed information about academic integrity on our webpage http://library.soton.ac.uk/sash/what-...
Is there a specific way for citing and referencing in my assignments?
At the University of Southampton schools or departments recommend which referencing style you should use in your work. Check the information on our website to find which referencing style you should use. http://library.soton.ac.uk/sash/refer...
Is there a style guide that has examples of how to doing referencing in that I can follow?
Yes there are style guides for all of the referencing styles that are used by schools and departments at the University of Southampton (to the best of our knowledge). Find the style guide for your subject on our webpage http://library.soton.ac.uk/sash/refer...
Ok I will have a look at that webpage later. Can you give me quick examples of what citing and referencing information I need to include in this assignment I am in the middle of writing, my school uses the Harvard style?
Yes ok …
I will show you some examples using the Harvard style from Cite Them Right Online – see a link to it on our webpage http://library.soton.ac.uk/sash/refer...
Remember – if your school or department uses a different referencing style check our webpage for alternative styles guides! http://library.soton.ac.uk/sash/refer...
eBook
In the Harvard style when an ebook looks like a printed book, with publication details and page numbers, you should cite and reference it just like a printed book. Have a good look around the publisher’s website and you should find all the information that you need to include in the reference.
In-text citation examples for an ebook with page numbers
According to Bell(2014), the most important part of the research process is…
Goddard and Barrett (2016, p. 17) noted that…
Reference list example for an ebook with page numbers
Bell, J. (2014) Doing your research project. Maidenhead: Open University Press.
Order of the information you should include in the ebook with page numbers reference at the end of your document:
• Author/editor
• (Year of publication) - in round brackets
• Title of book - in italics
• Place of publication: Publisher
• Series and volume number (where relevant)



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