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Life and Health Sciences Harvard Referencing Guidelines: Film

Life and Health Sciences Harvard Referencing Guidelines

Film

For physical media including DVD, Blu-Ray disc (use the abbreviation BD), VHS cassette or CDROM which are works in their own right, and not a video or film:

The required elements for referencing are:

Author / Director’s Surname, INITIALS or Organisation if relevant. (Year) Title. [Media format] Place of publication: Publisher.

Online video e.g. from Screencast or YouTube use [Video] to indicate the medium.

Reference List 

Example of full reference at the end of your assignment:

International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot. (2007) International consensus on the diabetic foot: and practical guidelines on the management and prevention of diabetic foot. [DVD] Brussels: International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot.

In-text citation

Example 1 where the author's name does not appear naturally in the sentence:

... (International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot 2007)

 

 

The required elements for referencing with no author or no director:

Title. (Year) [Media format] Place of publication: Publisher.

Reference List 

Example of full reference at the end of your assignment: Where no author or director is given, use the title of the production, changing the citation order as shown:

Life at two: attachments, key people and development. (2007) [BD] Newcastle Upon Tyne: Siren Films.

In-text citation

Example 1 where the author name occurs naturally in the sentence:

Life at two: attachments, key people and development (2007) illustrates the child's early development.

 

 

The required elements for an on-line video are:

Originator. (Year) Title. [Video] Place of publication or production (if ascertainable): Publisher or Producer (if ascertainable). Available at: URL [Accessed date].

Reference List 

Example of full reference at the end of your assignment:

International Council of Nurses. (2018) ICN International Nurses Day: nurses, a voice to lead: health is a human right. [Video] Geneva: ICN. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRB17zQXCeQ [Accessed 12 June 2018].

In-text citation

Example 1 where the author's name does not appear naturally in the sentence:

The future of the profession will transform health care (International Council of Nurses 2018).