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HOW TO REFERENCE A BLOG ENTRY

 

In-text citation

 

Write the author's surname and the date of posting or last update. If no date is available, write 'n.d' for 'no date'.

 

Example

In her blog, Cayley (2011) discusses the importance of revision in academic writing.

It has been argued that revision is very important in academic writing (Cayley 2011).

 

Reference

 

Give the author’s surname and initials then the year in brackets and the title of the entry in italics followed by a full stop. Give the exact date the blog was written in brackets, then ‘available from’, and the web site starting with < and ending with >. Finally, give the date of access in square brackets.

 

Example

Cayley, R. (2011) Committing to Extensive Revision [19 January] available from

<https://explorationsofstyle.com/2011/01/19/committing-to-extensive-revision/> [4 October 2016]

© 2016 by Centre for Academic Writing and Coventry University

Based on Deane, M. (2006) Coventry University Harvard Reference Style Guide. Unpublished booklet. Coventry: Coventry University. Version 3.0.4. September 2016. Produced in collaboration with Ray Summers (Illustrations), edited by Catalina Neculai with the assistance of Lisa Ganobcsik- Williams and Erik Borg, and with input from the Coventry University Harvard Reference Style Working Party.

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