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FEBE - Civil Engineering Libguide: Referencing & Citation

Information sources for Civil Engineering.

Referencing a Journal Article

Author, A.A., Author, B.B. & Author, C.C. (1994). Title of article. Title of journal, xx(x):xxx-xxxx.

Blake, N. (1998). Using the web in undergraduate education. Journal of Educational Computing, 5(2):234-251.

Choi, S.G., Kerr, W.L., 2003. Water mobility of textural properties of native and hydroxypropylated wheat starch gels. Carbohydr. Polym. 51:1–8.

Referencing a BOOK, Harvard Referencing Style

Elements of Referencing a Book according to UJ Harvard Method:

Author, A.A. (1994). Title of the book. Location: Publisher.

Blake, N. (1999a). Higher Education in the 21st century. New York: University Press.

Davis, K. (1987). Computer-based training for accountants. Unpublished doctoral thesis. Johannesburg: Rand Afrikaans University.

Referencing an Ebook; Harvard Referencing Style

Online Book from a Library Database:

Author, A.A. (2012). Title of the book. Place of Publication: Publisher. Retrieved from Ebrary: http://0-site.ebrary.com.ujlink.uj.ac.za

Johnson, P. J. (2008). Ovid before excile: Art and punishment in the metamorphoses. Retrieved from   http://o-lib.myilibrary.com.ujlink.uj.ac.za/Pro

Online Book from the Internet:

Author, A.A. (2012). Title of the book. Place of Publication:

Publisher. Retrieved from: http://www.......

Referencing an ONLINE DOCUMENT: Harvard Referencing Style

Elements of Referencing Online or Internet Documents according to UJ Harvard Method:

Author, A.A. (2000). Title of work. Available from: web address (Accessed Day/Month/Year).

Example:

Blake, N. (1999b). The promise of mobile technologies for education. Edulink, 3(2). Available from: http://www.joburg.ac.za/edtech/pubs/edulink/992/blake.html  (Accessed 8 February 2001).

What is Referencing?

REFERENCING is a way to demonstrate that you have extended your reading, learning and comprehension by using relevant and up to date sources.

Why should I reference?

To give recognition to the original author of the text, opinion, idea, fact, image, etc.

To enable your reader to check your information

Sources confirm the completeness of the research

Quotations and references lend authority to the argument, view, etc.

The source list can be consulted by the reader to verify information in the text

The sources can be used by the reader as additional sources to a topic.       Source     

                                                                         

 

 

Citation

 

CITATION is recognising resources in-text to support an argument/conclusion.

Harvard Technique - Referencing different sources