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Holmesglen Harvard Referencing

Tables format

Tables from a webpage

 

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Format Example

Table #: Table title (Author Year)

Table 1: Loans policy for students (Holmesglen 2019)

example table shows loans policy for Holmesglen

 

In-text citation

Format Example
Refer to tables according to how you've numbered them (i.e. Table 1, Table 2, etc.) As shown in Table 1 ...

 

Reference

Format Example

Author, AA (Year) Title of table, Website Name website, accessed Day Month Year.

Holmesglen (2019) Loans policy for students, Holmesglen Library website, accessed 19 July 2019.
Note:
  • Title is hyperlinked to the source's URL, formatted as per hyperlink default (blue, underlined text) and is italicised.

Table from a database

 

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Table #: Table title (Author Year)

Table 1: Number of visitors to an undisclosed island in 2017, sorted by age (Adams 2018)

example table shows number of visitors to an undisclosed island

 

In-text citation

Format Example
Refer to tables according to how you've numbered them (i.e. Table 1, Table 2, etc.) As shown in Table 1 ...

 

Reference

Format Example

Author, AA (Year) Title of table, Database Name.

Adams, FG (2018) Dispatches from an undisclosed island in 2017, Expert Research. 

Table from a book

 

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Table #: Table title (Author Year:Page)

Table 1: Extraterrestial attitudes towards primary colours, in percentages (%) (Bradshaw 2015:41)

example table shows extraterrestrial attitudes towards primary colours

 

In-text citation

Format Example
Refer to tables according to how you've numbered them (i.e. Table 1, Table 2, etc.) As shown in Table 1 ...

 

Reference

Format Example

Author, AA (Year) 'Title of table', in A Author (if different from table author),Title of book, Publisher, Place of Publication:page.

Bradshaw, C (2015) 'Extraterrestial attitudes towards primary colours', in Fun Times With Alien Friends, Intergalactic Publications, Melbourne:41. 
Note:
  • If referencing an ebook, also hyperlink the title to the ebook's URL as per hyperlink default (blue, underlined text) and still italicise it. For more information see format for ebooks.

Table from an electronic journal

 

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Table #: Table title (Author Year:Page)

Table 1: Number of Easter chocolates consumed by the Jones family (Brady 2015:34)

example table shows number of Easter chocolates consumed by the Jones family

 

In-text citation

Format Example
Refer to tables according to how you've numbered them (i.e. Table 1, Table 2, etc.) As shown in Table 1 ...

 

Reference

Format Example

Author, AA (Year) Title of table, in A Author (if different from table author), 'Article title', Journal Title, volume(issue):page-page, doi:xx.xxxxxx.

Brady, LE (2015) Number of Easter chocolates consumed by the Jones family, in 'Jones family values: a longitudinal study', International Journal of Sugary Foods, 2(1):29-38, doi:11.123456.
Note:
  • If journal article has no DOI, end the reference after the page numbers. For more information see format for journal articles.

Referencing your own tables

 

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Format Example

Table #: Table title (Author Year)

Table 1: Number of people who took part in the magic penguin dance in 2018 (Yurdakul 2019)

example table shows number of people who took part in the magic penguin dance

 

In-text citation

Format Example
Refer to tables according to how you've numbered them (i.e. Table 1, Table 2, etc.) As shown in Table 1 ...

 

Reference

Format Example
Author, AA (Day Month Year) Title of table [unpublished table], Organisation Name, Location. Yurdakal, J (10 Aug 2019) Number of people who took part in the magic penguin dance in 2018 [unpublished table], Penguin Sorcerers, Phillip Island.