UoB output style changes

We've made some changes to the University of Bedfordshire Harvard output styles (Harvard - UoB and Harvard - UoB - Annotated bibliography) to make them easier to use.  You may find that they have dropped out of your favourites list, so click on Bibliography, then Output Style Manager to re-add them to your Favorites.  You can ask your Academic Liaison Librarian how to do this if you are unsure.

Adding Date Accessed to your bibliography

When referencing sources on the Internet, some referencing styles specify that you must include the date you accessed the resource. Some don't, which is why it isn't a default on the Harvard UoB output style we suggest you use. But if you do want to add Date Accessed, there is a way to do it.

• First go to the Bibliography menu and select Output Style Editor.
• Select Harvard UoB and press Save As (choose a file name eg Claire's Harvard UoB)
• From the Style drop down list select your 'new' output style and press Edit.
• Select the Retrieved date field from the left hand list and the links field and move them across using the green arrows.
• You can then annotate your references in RefWorks to include  "Accessed:  " before the date, or you can do this in the Word document after you have generated your bibliography

New RefWorks video tutorial on YouTube - RefWorks Output Style Editor: Bibliography, In-text Citation, and Note Settings

If you're still trying to get the hang of the finer points of RefWorks, have a look at their latest YouTube offering - RefWorks Output Style Editor: Bibliography, In-text Citation, and Note Settings.

New output style for annotated bibliographies

We have a new output style available if you want to create an annotated bibliography - it has an extra field, "personal note", that you can use for anything you want to say about your citation. To start using it, go to Bibliography, Output style manager, and select "Harvard - UoB - Annotated bibliography" from the list of output styles on the left, then click the green arrow to put it into your list of favourite styles. Then when you go to create a bibliography, it should appear in the list of styles available for you to use.

RefWorks 2.0 and output styles

One thing we've noticed about moving to RefWorks 2.0 is that if you had set a default output style in RefWorks classic, that isn't yet carried over to the new interface (although we are assured RefWorks are working on it). If you want to create a bibliography, you will need to specify the output style you want - we have set up "Harvard - UoB" to suit our students' needs.