We've recently had a discussion about this at Loughborough. Herewith the advice we have come up with for Library staff prior to any standard being agreed:
There is no advice within the Harvard British Standard for citing ebooks. In the absence of advice from departmental handbooks or tutors, you could advise students to do the following:
In-text citations
(Smith 2008, Chapter 1, Section 2, para. 5).
Bibliography
SMITH, A. 2008, The Wealth of Nations, [Kindle version] Accessed 20 August 2010. Retrieved from www.amazon.co.uk.
SMITH, A. 2008, The Wealth of Nations, [Adobe Digital Editions version] Accessed 20 August 2010. Retrieved from doi:10.1036/007142363X.
This approach is a hybrid of the University of New South Wales (http://www.lc.unsw.edu.au/onlib/ref_elec1.html#elec11) and Macquarie University, Sydney (http://libguides.mq.edu.au/content.php?pid=84334&sid=626460)
Lizzie
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Also note, the Kindle firmware update now supports page numbering I believe. As has been said, chapter numbers should suffice as the electronic format supports the location of direct quotes through searching.
On 11 Mar 2011, at 08:30, "Kim Shahabudin" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> If I'd been asked by a student, I would have said chapter numbers were fine - I know this is the advice some institutions give already. In conventionally paginated materials we ask them to provide a page number so that we can find the exact context of the quotation or citation - in an ebook it's easier to find specific information, so chapter numbers ought to be enough of a pointer.
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> I’ve been asked to come up with a Harvard referencing convention for students who are using Kindle, or similar e-book readers. The main problem seems to be referencing direct quotations within the text, as Kindle does not provide conventional page numbers. One possibility would be to use chapter numbers instead, but I am concerned this would be too vague. Has anyone else worked out a solution to this issue?
> Look forward to hearing any ideas!
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