Help - Havard refing when complicated.

top_drawer_2

Hi,

Nothing to do with money saving apart from maybe helping me get a decent degree :j

I have a load of refs and I dont know what order to put them in when it gets complicated...

ie ...

Lagerspetz, K. M. J., Björkqvist, K. & Peltonen, T. (1988). .....
and
Lagerspetz, K.M.J and Bjorkqvist, K (1994) ....

as the fisrt two are the same name so how do I work out which order to place them in my refs?? does the yr preveil or the name ...

also :

Martin, J. and Ross, H. (2005)

Ma, X. Stewin, L. L. Mah, D. L (2001)

which would come first?

When the same person wrote all different articles in different years - do you just order them earliest first??

i'd be really grateful for a response if anyone has any idea - we are supposed to be following Havard refs.

Thanks!!

bestpud

top_drawer wrote: »

Hi,

Nothing to do with money saving apart from maybe helping me get a decent degree :j

I have a load of refs and I dont know what order to put them in when it gets complicated...

ie ...

Lagerspetz, K. M. J., Björkqvist, K. & Peltonen, T. (1988). .....
and
Lagerspetz, K.M.J and Bjorkqvist, K (1994) ....

as the fisrt two are the same name so how do I work out which order to place them in my refs?? does the yr preveil or the name ...

The second one would come first as 'P' for 'Peltonen' is after nothing. You take each name in turn.

also :

Martin, J. and Ross, H. (2005)

Ma, X. Stewin, L. L. Mah, D. L (2001)

which would come first?

The second one as you start with the first letter and work through them all, and so 'r' is after nothing. You would only consider the second author if the first author was the same in each ref. or had the same name.

When the same person wrote all different articles in different years - do you just order them earliest first??

Yes, and if they wrote several in the same year, you would use a,b,c... to distinguish between them.

i'd be really grateful for a response if anyone has any idea - we are supposed to be following Havard refs.

Thanks!!

I hope that makes sense? Shout if not.

top_drawer_2

excellent Thanks ... I have looked all over the internet for this info and all I can get is the basic ref guides.

Thanks again,

Jen

shelley_crow

In case you ever need it in the future, Wolverhampton Uni have a dedicated Harvard referencing help guide

http://asp.wlv.ac.uk/Level5.asp?UserType=6&Level5=500

Hope this helps, it is pretty good. x

bestpud

shelley_crow wrote: »

In case you ever need it in the future, Wolverhampton Uni have a dedicated Harvard referencing help guide

http://asp.wlv.ac.uk/Level5.asp?UserType=6&Level5=500

Hope this helps, it is pretty good. x

Yes that is a good guide, and one of the two my uni recommends.

It doesn't go into the detail the OP wanted though unfortunately, as I looked before I posted.

top_drawer_2

Thanks for the guide - I will know now for the future.

Jen