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King's Guide to Referencing

This page provides examples of how to reference common information sources. For an exhaustive list of item types see Harvard guidance in Cite Them Right Online (King's login required).

Direct quotation

In-text Citation:

'Citation is how we acknowledge our debt to those who came before...' (Ahmed, 2017, p. 15).

Books

In-text Citation:

Sara Ahmed has argued that citation matters because it is the means by which 'we acknowledge our debt to those who came before' (2017, p. 15).

Reference List:

Ahmed, S. (2017) Living a feminist life. Duke University Press.

Journal article

In-text Citation:

In the creative industries the concept of immaterial labour is key to understanding the nature of the working environment (Hesmondhalgh and Baker, 2008).

Reference List:

Hesmondhalgh, D. and Baker, S. (2008) 'Creative work and emotional labour in the television industry', Theory, Culture & Society, 25(7/8), pp. 97-118. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/0263276408097798

Chapter in an edited book

In-text Citation:

'Distance erases differences', says Gillian Beer (2014, p. 37) in her analysis of Sebald's writing.

Reference List:

Beer, G. (2014) 'Sebald in the city', in J. Cook (ed.) After Sebald: essays and illuminations. Full Circle Editions, pp. 37-49.

Conference paper

In-text Citation:

Throughout their paper Kawakami and Venkatagiri (2024) highlight a growing public distrust towards artists with the emergence of generative AI.

Reference List:

Kawakami, R. and Venkatagiri, S. (2024) 'The impact of generative AI on artists', 16th ACM conference on creativity and cognition. University of Illinois Chicago (USA), 23-26 June. Proceedings of the 16th conference on creativity and cognition, pp. 79-82. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1145/3635636.3664263

Webpage

In-text Citation:

Mentorship could be the key to successful research, but only 37% of professionals seek the guidance of a mentor (Wyss Institute, 2025).

Reference List:

Wyss Institute (2025) Advice for aspiring researchers. Available at: https://wyss.harvard.edu/news/advice-for-aspiring-researchers/ (Accessed: 5 September 2025).

Film

In-text Citation:

Few films have portrayed the murky origins of a social media company as critically as The Social Network (2010).

Reference List:

The Social Network (2010) Directed by D. Fincher. [Feature film]. Sony Pictures.

Generative AI

King's has produced new student guidance on the use of generative AI tools. Students are not expected to reference generative AI but are expected to acknowledge its use through a statement. Please see the central Student Guidance for details. 

Reference list

You need to provide a list of the sources you have used; in Harvard style this is called a Reference List. It is arranged in alphabetical order by the author's surname:

Reference List

Ahmed, S. (2017) Living a feminist life. Duke University Press.

Beer, G. (2014) 'Sebald in the city', in J. Cook (ed.) After Sebald: essays and illuminations. Full Circle Editions, pp. 37-49.

Hesmondhalgh, D. and Baker, S. (2008) 'Creative work and emotional labour in the television industry', Theory, Culture & Society, 25(7/8), pp. 97-118. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/0263276408097798

Kawakami, R. and Venkatagiri, S. (2024) 'The impact of generative AI on artists', 16th ACM conference on creativity and cognition. University of Illinois Chicago (USA), 23-26 June. Proceedings of the 16th conference on creativity and cognition, pp. 79-82. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1145/3635636.3664263

The Social Network (2010) Directed by D. Fincher. [Feature film]. Sony Pictures.

Wyss Institute (2025) Advice for aspiring researchers. Available at: https://wyss.harvard.edu/news/advice-for-aspiring-researchers/ (Accessed: 5 September 2025).

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