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Referencing the page of a book

dellas1979 · 2008-11-05 16:58:24

Forgive me, I cannot seem to find a "writing" forum. I need to reference some pages of books properly. I was told something about the Harvard system? Does anyone know anything about this? Do you have to give the page number? Thanks

05-11-2008 4:58pm

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Forgive me, I cannot seem to find a "writing" forum. I need to reference some pages of books properly. I was told something about the Harvard system? Does anyone know anything about this? Do you have to give the page number?
Thanks

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#2 05-11-2008 4:59pm

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Creative Writing?

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#3 05-11-2008 5:01pm

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http://www.library.dcu.ie/citing&refquide08.pdf (PDF file)

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#4 05-11-2008 5:01pm

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Google it?

Or here http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=891

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#5 05-11-2008 5:02pm

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Macros42 wrote: »

http://www.library.dcu.ie/citing&refquide08.pdf (PDF file)

You're a PDF file!!!!

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#6 05-11-2008 5:26pm

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dellas1979 wrote: »

Forgive me, I cannot seem to find a "writing" forum. I need to reference some pages of books properly. I was told something about the Harvard system? Does anyone know anything about this? Do you have to give the page number?
Thanks

http://www.ucd.ie/library/students/information_skills/harvard.html

Note: I typed Harvard System into Google and this was the second result.

edit: also found this example with page numbers here:

Porter, M.A. (1993) The modification of method in researching postgraduate education. In: Burgess, R.G. ed. The research process in educational settings: ten case studies. London, Falmer Press, pp.35-47.

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#7 05-11-2008 6:23pm

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But you have to cite the page in text also, e.g. (Porter 2003:40)

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#8 05-11-2008 6:38pm

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Use/google MHRA tis the bible for all that stuff.

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#9 05-11-2008 7:39pm

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dellas1979 wrote: »

Forgive me, I cannot seem to find a "writing" forum. I need to reference some pages of books properly. I was told something about the Harvard system? Does anyone know anything about this? Do you have to give the page number?
Thanks

This is like something I'd say on yokes....:D

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#10 05-11-2008 8:51pm

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Thread of the day imo. Personally I favour the Irish historical society standard.

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#11 05-11-2008 9:09pm

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Is this what you are looking for:

http://www.neilstoolbox.com/bibliography-creator/

I use this all the time and find it great, hope it helps

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#12 05-11-2008 9:13pm

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If you look under Edu up there at the top of the page, you'll find a bunch of boards for universities - maybe one of those educated types could help you with the accepted format?

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#13 05-11-2008 9:55pm

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We got ahselves a readah!

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#14 06-11-2008 6:24am

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dellas1979 wrote: »

Forgive me, I cannot seem to find a "writing" forum. I need to reference some pages of books properly. I was told something about the Harvard system? Does anyone know anything about this? Do you have to give the page number?
Thanks

I always find a nice slice of bacon inbetween the oages will mark the page wonderfully, and it makes a tasty snack.

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