Harvard Citation Style 

click on the links below for further information on referencing each material type

Introduction

• Why is Referencing Important?
• Getting Started

Reference Formats

• References by Format
• Citing Info Someone Else has Cited
  

Books/eBooks

• No Authors
• 1, 2 or More Authors
• No Editors
• 1, 2 or More Editors
• Chapters in Books

Company Information

• Company Reports
• Company Profiles

Conference Proceedings

• Print
• Online

Internet/Websites

• Websites
• Blogs
• Web Images
• Web Documents
• Computer Software

Journal Articles

• CMO Articles
• Print
• Online

Lecture Notes

Multimedia Formats

• Audio-Visual Material

Newspaper Articles

• Print
• Online

Patents & Standards

Theses

All Examples

• A table of examples in all formats for quick reference

EndNote

• What is Endnote?
• UWA Harvard Style File

Referencing or citing your sources is an important part of academic writing. It lets you acknowledge the ideas or words of others if you use them in your work and helps avoid plagiarism.

Referencing also demonstrates that you've read relevant backgound literature and you can provide authority for statements you make in your assignments.

The Harvard citation style can vary in minor features such as punctuation, capitalisation, abbreviations, and the use of italics.

The examples in this guide have been developed in collaboration with the UWA Business School. Always check with your lecturer/tutor for which citation style they prefer you to use.

There are two parts to referencing; the in text references (citations) in your paper and the Reference list at the end of your paper.

The in-text citation:

Harvard is an 'author/date' system, so your in-text citation consists of author(s) and year of publication.

In-text citation of a book (the same format applies for a journal article)

If you quote directly from an author or to cite a specific idea or piece of information from the source you need to include the page number of the quote in your in-text citation.

The reference list:

All in-text citations should be listed in the reference list at the end of your document.

Reference list entry for a book

Reference list entry for a journal

Reference list entries contain all the information that someone needs to follow up your source. Reference lists in Harvard are arranged alphabetically by author.