How do you cite websites?

Answer 1

How a website can be referenced using the Harvard Standard system of referencing depends on how many authors the website has. For one author, the writer must state the author's name, followed by the date the site was published in parenthesis, and then paraphrase the article. Another way is to state the paraphrased article and then in parenthesis put the author's last name and the date. To cite the website is as follows: 'Author's last name, first initial Date, 'article title', 'website title', when the site was viewed, web address.

Answer 2

'Harvard system' is a convenient nickname. It is sometimes called the name - date - letter system. If you are quoting from a book by Jane Doe published in 2002 you give the reference in the next in the form Doe (2002, 91-2). (Here 91-2 refers to the pages). If you quote from (or refer to) more than one publication by Jane Doe from 2002, you would have to add a letter and distinguish between Doe (2002a), Doe (2002b) and Doe (2002c). Some colleges, publishers and periodicals like a colon between the year and the page numbers, for example Dalton (2000: 44-50), so check the house style sheet for such details. Obviously, there has to be a proper bibliography (with a key) at the end. It is also most important that the short forms of works, such as Cuypers (2005) and so on are used consistently throughout the paper or book. The system is very versatile. For example, you can even anticipate the reference. For example, you say 'As Roe (1998, 56-60) demonstrates, the evidence for this claim is weak'. You might add something like : '(See also Smiles 2004a, 140-2 for further comments on this)'. One of the enormous advantages of this system is that it greatly reduces the number of endnotes and/or foonotes. Instead, the references are included in the main body of the text, which many find convenient and reader friendly.

Answer 3

The Harvard Referencing Style allows the varying in minor features like punctuation, abbreviations, capitalization, and the use of italics. This style does emphasize the importance of in-text citations and the reference list at the end of the paper.

Answer 4

You can cite web-pages by going to to the Cite this page button or copy the web page address and copy it to a word document and copy the title of the web page.