Leeds Numeric: MOOCs
Reference examples
In both the citation and reference, use the name(s) of the author(s) of the course if you can find them. Otherwise, use the name of the institution that created the course (eg a university). You can use both in the reference if they are both available, but in that case you only need to use the author(s) in the citation.
Course author and/or institution. Year. Title of course. [Online]. Platform, Year. [Date accessed]. Available from: URL.
Example:
Mullen, N., Matthews, P., and Bedford, N. University of Leeds. Listening Skills to Succeed at University. [Online]. FutureLearn, 2022. [Accessed 2 December 2022]. Available from: https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/listening-skills-to-succeed-at-university#lm1811
Common issues
When you're referencing with Leeds Numeric you may come across issues with missing details, multiple authors, edited books, references to another author's work or online items, to name a few. Here are some tips on how to deal with some common issues when using Leeds Numeric.
Skip straight to the issue that affects you:
- Online items
- URL web addresses
- Multiple authors
- Editors instead of authors
- Corporate author(s) or organisation(s)
- Locating publisher details
- Multiple publisher details
- Editions and reprints
- Missing details
- The work of one author referred to by another
- Anonymising sources for confidentiality
- Identifying the authors’ family name (surname)