Art and Design Subject Guide

The Library & Learning Centre provides an overview of referencing techniques and standards via the Cite Them Right website. This will provide templates for referencing books, journal articles, webpages etc using Harvard referencing style.

Some useful links in cite them right:

Elements of a reference

Cite them right tutorial

Top ten tips

Or if you prefer we also have copies of the hard copies of the Cite Them Right book at all of our libraries.

We would always recommend that you use Cite them right online to make sure that you are referencing is accurate. 

MyBiB

MyBib is a new FREE bibliography and citation generator that makes accurate citations for you to copy straight into your academic assignments and papers.

1. Set up an account to save references
2. Make sure you choose the correct referencing style [for Harvard, please choose Cite Them Right, 12th edition - Harvard (no "et al.")]
3. Set up projects for each assignment; this means you can duplicate references across different projects
4. you'll need to know what type of resource it is e.g. book, journal article, webpage etc.
5. it can help tell you if the website is a credible source of information
6. create reference list and citations that can easily be copied or downloaded directly into Word
7. if you are referencing a website, remember to add the accessed date

(For video captions, click on CC in bottom right corner when video starts).

This works really well for books and journal articles.

Find your resource in Library Search, Click on " (citation button)

Click on Cite them right - Harvard

Copy and Paste reference into essay.

REMEMBER, to double check the reference format against Cite Them Right. e.g. authors - all authors should be listed, use et al. in citation when more than 3 authors.

It’s often difficult to know when it’s ok to reuse an image and when it’s not. The internet may be a global network but each country has different copyright laws and there are no simple best practice rules applicable to everyone. The best thing to do is to use images that are clearly licensed for reuse. If you're in any doubt, choose another image.

(Information taken from 5 ways to find images for your website)

All images used need to be referenced or attributed

1. Choose a Creative Commons Licensed image - see Where to find reusable resources

2. Cite/Reference images from textbook/journal

Add these details underneath the image:

1. Title: The title of the image.
2. Author: The name of the creator.
3. Source: The URL where the image is hosted (plus optional link to author profile).
4. License: The type of Creative Commons license it is available under, including a link to the relevant license.

e.g.

"Coronavirus: CG illustration" by Yuri Samoilov is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

For more information (and exception rules)  see  Image attribution

If you refer to an image that you have found in a printed source, e.g. a textbook  or journal. You must provide a reference for that source. The key is to use the proper referencing style attribution for the figures/images you use. All images must contain a legend or label which included the citation plus other information to help interpret/identify the image.

1. Include the full reference in the caption underneath the figure or table:

Figure 1: Circulation of blood through the heart Waugh, A. and Grant, A. (2018) Ross & Wilson anatomy and physiology in health and illness. Edinburgh: Elsevier.

(This example is Cite them right Harvard referencing style)

2. Cite the book/journal in the label/legend and add the full reference to your reference list:

Figure 1: Circulation of blood through the heart (3)

(This example is Vancouver referencing style - remember to add the full reference to your Reference List)

Cite Them Right will help you with Referencing styles and how to reference different resources such as books and journals, images etc.