Issues with Open University online module materials referencing

Ape-o-sematic · May 20, 2022

Hi,

I’m using 'The Open University - Harvard' citation style in Word. All in text citations are fine, however I can’t get the OU online module materials to display correctly in the bibliography.

The example given by the OU is:

The Open University (2012) ‘3.2 Spaces of engagement’, D837 Week 4 Study Guide: Making things public: mobilising around urban issues [Online]. Available at http://learn2.open.ac.uk/mod/ oucontent/view.php? id=180430&section=3.2 (Accessed 3 October 2012)

However, I’m getting:

The Open University (2021) Hydrology and Meteorology Project [Online]. Available at https://learn2.open.ac.uk/mod/oucontent/view.php?id=1816979&section=6 (Accessed 28 February 2022).

Any idea what I’m doing wrong, or what I can do to solve the issue?

Thanks

Neil

damnation · May 20, 2022

Guidelines: https://www.open.ac.uk/library/referencing-and-plagiarism/quick-guide-to-harvard-referencing-cite-them-right

The style works correctly for me.
Which item type are you using?

Dockray, H. (2018) ‘Lesbian couple paints house rainbow to troll homophobic neighbors’, Mashable Blog [Online]. Available at https://mashable.com/article/homophobia-couple-rainbow-house-troll/?europe=true&utm_cid=hp-r-1 (Accessed 1 September 2018).

Ape-o-sematic · May 20, 2022

https://www.open.ac.uk/library/referencing-and-plagiarism/quick-guide-to-harvard-referencing-cite-them-right

It’s the section “Examples of full references - Module websites - online module materials”

It’s perfect for every other type of reference.

damnation · May 20, 2022

You didn't answer my question

Ape-o-sematic · May 20, 2022

Apologies, I was replying to your original response before you edited it.

Item time is website, but I’m unsure if there is another option that might suit the requirements for online module materials better?

damnation · May 20, 2022

If it's indeed website this should work.
Can you try in a fresh document, please?

Ape-o-sematic · May 20, 2022

It’s the same in a new document as well. It’s fine for a normal website, but doesn’t return what they ask for in the guide for module materials

adamsmith · May 20, 2022

Just to be clear -- you may have to manually edit the metadata in Zotero; you can't just rely on Zotero importing everything correctly, in particular for web materials.