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HOW TO REFERENCE A WEBSITE (OR OTHER ONLINE MEDIA)

 

In-text citation

 

Provide the author's, or the authors',  surname/s followed by the year when the web page was created or last updated.

 

  • If the year of posting or last update is not available, write 'n.d.' (for 'no date').

 

  • Abbreviations If the corporate author can be abbreviated, in your in-text citation you may use the abbreviation or acronym but give the full name in the List of References (see below).

 

Example

 

Writing support is provided to all undergraduate students (CAW n.d.).

 

 

Reference

 

Provide the author’s surname and initials or the name of the organisation that produced the website as a corporate author. Give the year it was created or last updated in brackets. Give the title in italics (you may need to make up an appropriate title), then write ‘online’ in square brackets. Write ‘available from’ and give the full website address starting with < and ending with > then write the date of access in square brackets.

 

Examples

 

Centre for Academic Writing (CAW) (n.d.) Undergraduate Support [online] available from

<http://www.coventry.ac.uk/study-at-coventry/student-support/academic-support/centre-for-academic-writing/support-for-students/undergraduate-support/> [17 December 2015]

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© 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 Unpublished booklet.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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