referencing

[ilovemarkb]

please can someone tell me how to reference (havard ref) the following link


http://www.dh.gov.uk/...AndGuidance/DH_112361

thankyou

[Buenchico]

I think that you've asked the wrong question! I can see little point in referencing that link, per se, since it doesn't directly provide any information . All that your link does is to provide a further link, to the publication 'Clinical Governance and Adult Safeguarding'. That's actually (in its original form) a printed document, which just happens to have been provided as a PDF file for the convenience of web users. However your source remains that original document, not the web page you've linked to.

So the document could be referenced as follows:
Anna Morgan, Editor (2010) Clinical Governance and Adult Safeguarding - An Integrated Process. Department of Health.

(In that reference, the publication's title should be underlined, or in italics or bold type, depending upon the style that you're using for other references).

If you really do need to reference the actual link, this should suffice:
Department of Health (11 February 2010) 'Clinical governance and adult safeguarding: an integrated process' [online]. Available from http://tinyurl.com/y8mbc2d [accessed 7 March 2011]

Don't worry too much about getting Harvard referencing exactly right. As long as the person reading your work can see what your sources are, minor irregularities are completely irrelevant anyway.

Chris

[ilovemarkb]

thankyou Buenchico ! you have explained superbly. This referencing is driving me crazy. I find lots of information then can't reference unless its straight forward (book, journal etc) hope you dont mind me asking you but im on the verge of giving up... the following link is useful for my essay but once again i cant reference it because its just info on the NMC website. If i were to guess i would say it is



NMC (2010) Introduction to safeguarding adults. London:Department of Health (Online)http://www.nmc-uk.org/Nurses-and-midw
ives/safeguarding/Introduction-to-safeguardin
g-adults/
accessed on 7.3.11

[ilovemarkb]

whoops the link is

http://www.nmc-uk.org...-safeguarding-adults/

thanks

[bednobs]

if you are referencing a webpage, you MUST put the date you accessed it. The person/institution who is expecting you to harvard reference should have provided with a guide of how to do it

[Buenchico]

That looks fine to me, Ilovemarkb, as long as the reader can be expected to know what 'NMC' means. My own preference would be to write it in full. (i.e. 'Nursing and Midwifery Council').

Also (and this is being incredibly 'picky') it's worth remembering that '7.3.11' refers to to the 7th of March in most parts of the world, but to the 3rd of July in the USA (and anywhere else which follows the US date convention). I'd prefer to see '7 March 2011' used, since it's unambiguous.

Chris

[ilovemarkb]

thanks chris and bedknobs! Ill try not to bother you's any more xx