Kaplan Referencing: Harvard Style Guide Introduction

Which statement best defines paraphrasing in academic writing?

• Copying an author’s words exactly with quotation marks removed

• Providing your own explanation or interpretation of another person’s ideas while retaining their meaning

• Summarizing a text by omitting all details and examples

• Listing the sources you used at the end of a paper without changing wording

Where are in-text citations placed according to the guidance?

• At the end of the document

• Only in footnotes

• At the point where you are referring to the source

• In a separate appendix

In the online eBook template, which additional element appears compared to the library book template?

• City of publication

• Edition number spelled out

• Viewed date and URL enclosed in angle brackets

• Series title

In the online journal article template, which element appears at the end of the reference entry?

• Journal Title

• Page range

• Date viewed and URL

• Issue number

How should the viewed date be formatted for an online report in the reference list?

• Month day, year (e.g., March 15, 2020)

• YYYY-MM-DD

• Day, month, year (e.g., 15 March 2020)

• Month and year only

• Day and month only

Which statement best distinguishes conference proceedings from a conference paper?

• Proceedings are single documents; papers are collections

• Proceedings are collections of papers from a conference; a conference paper is a document presented at a conference

• Proceedings are unpublished; papers are always published in journals

• Proceedings include only keynote speeches; papers include only posters

• Proceedings and papers are identical in definition

When there is no publication date for a standard, what notation should be used for the year element in the reference list?

• 'n.p.'

• 'n.d.'

• Leave it blank

• Use the access year

• Use 's.d.'

If no publication date is provided for a Kaplan course document, which notation should be used in the reference list entry?

• 'n.p.'

• 's.l.'

• 'n.d.'

• 'no date' spelled out

What citation guidance applies to PDF documents and other downloadable content accessible online, according to the text?

• They should always be cited as webpages regardless of content type

• Follow the citation guidelines of the corresponding content type such as online reports, online journal articles, or legal content

• They do not require a reference list entry

• Use 'n.d.' automatically for all PDFs

In a social media reference, where should the URL be placed?

• In parentheses after the title

• Enclosed within

• After 'Retrieved from'

• In footnotes only