The Coventry University Guide to Referencing in Harvard Style

HOW TO REFERENCE A LECTURE

 

In-text citation

 

In your own writing, indicate that you are referring to a lecture. Write an in-text citation as normal, giving the surname of the lecturer as the author and the year the lecture was delivered in brackets.

 

Example

According to a lecture delivered as part of module 102ENG, Engineering has changed fundamentally since 1945 (Hatton 2015).

 

Reference

 

A. Live lecture (lecture notes)

 

Give the surname and initials of the lecturer and the year in brackets. Give the title of the lecture in italics (you may need to make up an appropriate title), then write ‘lecture’ in square brackets, then state the module, seminar or special occasion, followed by a comma and the exact date with a full stop. Add the place, a colon and the institution where the lecture was delivered.

 

Example

Hatton, K. L. (2015) Engineering Since 1945 [lecture] module 102ENG, 2 May 2015. Coventry: Coventry University

 

B. A lecture available as a recording

 

Give the surname and initials of the lecturer and the year in brackets. Give the title of the lecture in italics (you may need to make up an appropriate title), then write the format in square brackets, then state the module, seminar or special occasion, followed by a comma and the exact date with a full stop. Add the place, a colon and the institution where the lecture was delivered.

 

Example

Hatton, K. L. (2015) Engineering Since 1945 [lecture CD] module 102ENG, 2 May 2015. Coventry: Coventry University

 

C. A lecture podcast (i.e. a lecture available online)

 

If the lecture is available online, instead of the publishing place and the publisher, give the URL or the virtual learning platform and the date of access.

 

Example

Hatton, K. L. (2015) Engineering Since 1945 [lecture podcast] module 102ENG, 2 May 2015. available from CU Online Moodle

[7 January 2016]