Harvard Reference Style

Cite the following only as personal communication without a reference list entry:

·        Lecture notes that are only available from the teacher, via course management software (such as Moodle, Blackboard).

·        Notes taken during a lecture or material that was handed out in class but is not posted elsewhere (e.g., on the instructor’s public website).

Notes:

Part of the purpose of a reference list is to lead your reader back to the source. The above listed sources are not recoverable by other researchers and can only be cited as personal communication in the text.

Example:

In a lecture on 8th February 2018 V. Simpson outlined …

Notes:

Cite personal communications in text only; include initials as well as the surname of the person involved, and give as precise a date as possible.

Components:

Author. Year. Title [Lecture notes/PowerPoint slides]. Available: URL [Date of access].

Examples:

Brieger, W. 2015. Lecture 3: recruitment and involvement of trainees [Lecture notes]. Available from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health OpenCourseWare website: http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/TrainingMethods ContinuingEducation/lectureNotes.cfm [3 June 2018].

Notes:

When citing online lecture notes, be sure to provide the file format in brackets after the lecture title (e.g. Lecture notes).

Identify the name of the website to which the information was posted when that information is not evident from the URL or author name.

Example:

… (Brieger, 2015).