A GUIDE TO REFERENCING with examples in the Harvard style

Format Reference List In-text Citation
Discussion forum post
(online discussion forum)
Family Name(s) of
Author(s), Initial(s) Year of
posting, ‘Title of post’,
Course Code Course
Name, discussion forum
post, posted day month,
viewed day month year,
Blackboard@RMIT.
Nguyen, C 2007, ‘Ideas for PAP
assignment’, OMGT2085 Introduction to
Logistics & Supply Chain Management,
discussion forum post, posted 11 June,
viewed 20 June 2007, Blackboard@RMIT.
Knowledge management for PAP is a significant
problem (Nguyen 2007).
Nguyen (2007) seems to agree with the lecturers on
this matter.
Note: A discussion forum
post may not be a reliable
source of academic
information.
Note: If only the User Name(s)
is/are available, then use that
instead of the actual name(s) of
the author(s).
User Name(s) of Author(s)
Year of posting, ‘Title of
post’, Website Name,
discussion forum post,
posted day month, viewed
day month year, .
Black Goddess 2009, ‘Why I love Vietnam’,
VietHol, discussion forum post, posted 24
March, viewed 18 July 2009,
.
Of all the countries in South-East Asia, Vietnam is
one of the easiest to navigate (Black Goddess 2009).
Black Goddess (2009) indicates that …
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