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Five key changes in the new RMIT Harvard referencing guide.
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Hello welcome to the RMIT Library we've got an updated RMIT Harvard referencing guide in this video we will cover five of the key changes
1: Ampersand (&) becomes ‘and’
The ampersand character is replaced with the word and here's an example:
Mackenzie & Peterson is now written as Mckenzie and Peterson.
2: Three or more authors
Under the previous guide, et al. was used for four or more authors. However, in the new guide we use et al. when a source has three or more authors.
Here, instead of Taylor Kotler and Parker, we simply write Taylor et al.
In the reference list you'll still need to include all the authors
3: Page numbers
When citing a direct quote, page numbers now come directly after the year separated by a colon.
You can see the new format here
Old version
Lee (2020, p.68) emphasizes that ‘employee participation in idea generation and alignment is crucial to success’.
New version
Lee (2020:68) emphasizes that ‘employee participation in idea generation and alignment is crucial to success’.
4: Abbreviations
For organization names you can now use common shortened names or abbreviations in your in-text citations. For example, instead of World Health Organization you can simply write WHO.
5: Changes to reference entries
In the old version, a comma was placed between the author's last name and given name initials. Also note the ampersand and the year in the new version there is no longer a comma between author surnames and the initials of the given names. The & is replaced with ‘and’, the year of publication is placed in parentheses (). Page volume and issue numbers are also simpler.
Remember, there are other changes in the new guide. Check out more details via this Easy Cite link or contact us at RMIT Vietnam Library or Melbourne Library.
[East Cite: www.lib.rmit.edu.au/easy-cite]
[RMIT Vietnam Library: www. rmit.edu.vn/libraryvn]
[RMIT Melbourne Library: www.rmit.edu.au/library]
