Another referencing question - Fame

[jp_2031]

I cant really explain it very well, if someone out there has used fame and referenced it please help :)

I have got a lot of financial information for my report from Fame - https://fame2.bvdep.com, a website which you can search and find account information for various uk companies. I am using the Harvard referencing system, but im not sure how to reference the information I have got from the website. Do i need to state in my essay that the data was collected from Fame (every time i use some figures or only once)? Also, do I need to individually reference the pages I got the information from ie;
Accounts of aldi, accounts of m&s etc...
at the end of my report
Thanks
Jp

[boxtops]

Yes you do need to give full references of the site in the appendices at the end of the document, nut not the detail - but in the document itself, you can partially reference.

If you say on one ref "Fame website, pp 29-30, para ii, XYZ company California, 1922"
(it's rubbish reference but you get the structure)

then for future references where there is no other document referenced in between, you can say
"ibid, page 6" (or whatever)

However if you refer to Fame on ref, 1,2,3, someone else on 4, then come back to Fame for 5,6 for next refs (for example) you will have to redo the full reference for ref No 5 and start again with the ibid list.

I know what I mean, does this make sense to you?

[bednobs]

also, you need to say what date you accessed the page - this covers you if for example they change the URL later

[Buenchico]

Your link won't work because you forgot to leave a space before the comma (resulting in the comma being included as part of the URL). For anyone else looking at this question, here's what it should be:
https://fame2.bvdep.com

My own instinct would be to make no reference to Fame, since it's not a primary data source. For example, if you refer to M&S's financial information, your core source is probably this document:
http://corporate.mark...10/Annual_Report_2010

If you do find it necessary to refer to Fame, referencing each web page might be rather pointless because (since it's a subscription based service) the reader might not have access to those pages. A simple reference to Bureau van Dijk, citing the URL of their home page, might be good enough.

For some useful general advice about Harvard referencing, see the Anglia Ruskin University website:
http://libweb.anglia....ferencing/harvard.htm

Chris

[boxtops]

Good point bednobs, I'd forgotten that, a while since I did my dissertation - yes you must put the date on which you accessed that particular website and pulled down that information.