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Harvard Referencing guidelines

Citing Moodle and Digital Repositories

  

                                                                                                                                    

Citing Multimedia Formats: Examples

Material Type In-Text Example  Reference List Example

VIRTUAL LEARNING 
ENVIRONMENTS E.G. MOODLE

Journal article template

  

CITATION ORDER FOR JOURNAL ARTICLE ON MOODLE:

  • Author or tutor
  • Year of publication (in round brackets)
  • Title of article
  • Title of Journal (In Italics)
  • Volume, Issue, Page numbers
  • Code(if available): Name of academic module (in italics)
  • Available at: URL of VLE
  • [Accessed: date].
VLE Journal article example According to Grimes... (2002) 

 

Grimes, D. & Schultz, K. (2002) Cohort studies: marching towards outcomes, Lancet, 359 (9303), pp. 341-345. Research methods, Available at: https://elearningm2.ait.ie/2013/my/ [Accessed: 7 March 2013].

 
VLE Text extracts from Books template  

CITATION ORDER FOR BOOK EXTRACTS DIGITISED FOR USE ON MOODLE:

  • Author or tutor
  • Year of publication (in round brackets)
  • Extract title
  • Title of Book (In Italics)
  • Place of publication: Publisher
  • Page number of extract
  • Code(if available): Name of Academic Module taken from Moodle (In Italics)
  • Available at: URL of VLE
  • [Accessed: date].
VLE Text extracts from Books example Smith (1999) states...

 

Smith, J.C. (1999) R-attitutes, R-beliefs and relaxation philosophies. In: ABC relaxation theory: an evidence based approach. New York: Springer, pp. 82-99. AL_NGENR_B_2: Holistic Care Nutr & Gastroint. Available at: https://elearningm2.ait.ie/2013/course/view.php?id=3072 [Accessed 26 August 2014].

 
VLE Lecture notes template Doherty (2014) states

CITATION ORDER FOR LECTURER NOTES ON MOODLE:

  • Author or tutor
  • Year of publication (in round brackets)
  • Title of Item
  • Code (if available): Name of Academic module (In Italics)
  • Institute: Unpublished
  • Available at: URL of VLE
  • [Accessed: date].
VLE Lecture notes example Doherty (2014) states

 

Doherty, S. (2014) Disorders of the GI tract. AL_NGENR_B_2: Holistic Care Nutr & Gastroint. Athlone Institute of Technology: Unpublished, Available at: https://elearningm2.ait.ie/2013/mod/resource/view.php?id=60694 [Accessed 16 Nov 2014]

 
Digital Repositories  

 

Note:

In general with articles from digital repositories it is recommended to find and cite the published version and then to reference that, however in some cases, there is no ‘published version (in this case as it is a thesis) so the Institutional Repository must be referenced in the full reference

 

Digital Repositories 

Template example 

  

 

 

TEMPLATE CITATION FOR DIGITAL REPOSITORY:

 

  • Author 
  • Year of publication (in round brackets)
  • Title of Item (In italics)
  • Place of publication: publisher (if stated)
  • Name of Digital Repository. (In italics)
  • Available at: URL of VLE
  • [Accessed: date].

 

 

Digital Repository 

Example online thesis

 (Vladimar, 2004)

 

Vladimar, M. (2004) The application of Electro-Etching in the manufacturing process for cardiovascular stents. Dissertation (MA), Galway: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology. CUAL Repository. Available at: http://cual.openrepository.com/cual/handle/10759/344351 [Accessed 24 February 2015].

 

PowerPoint on Moodle template 

 

  
  • Author(s)
  • Year of publication (in round brackets)
  • Title of Item (In italics)
  • [Powerpoint]
  • Code: Name of Academic module (In Italics)
  • Available at: URL of VLE
  • [Accessed: date].
Example PowerPoint (Booth, 2011) Booth, L (2011). History of radiography [PowerPoint presentation]. MISR4004: Patient care skills: an introduction to human sciences. Available at: https://elearningm2.ait.ie/2013/mod/resource/view.php?id=60694 (Accessed: 7 August 2012).