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Harvard is an author-date referencing style requiring an in-text citation within the text of your document and a related entry in a reference list at the end of your document.

Book - reference list

Book title: The Book Title is in italics and is in sentence case, i.e. capitalise the first letter of the first word and the first word after a colon. Use capitalisation for proper nouns.

Editon: Include edition details for a numbered edition, e.g. 2nd Edition. Place the edition details after the book title, but not in italics.

For more information on reference list format and style, see General Information -  Basics of Referencing.

Format

Author. Date. Title of book. Edition. Place of Publication: Publisher. (Series).

Example

Comfort, A. 1997. A good age. 2nd Edition. London: Mitchell Beazley.

Format 

Author One, Two, Three, Four, Five & Six. Date. Title of book. Place of publication: Publisher. (Series.)

Example

Wit, J. S., Poneman, D. B. & Gallucci, R. L. 2004. Going critical: the first North Korean nuclear crisis. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press.

List the first six authors' names, then add et al.

Format 

Author One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, et al. Date. Title of book. Edition. Place of Publication: Publisher. (Series.)

Example

Roeder, K., Howdeshell, J., Fulton, L., Lochhead, M., Craig, K., Peterson, R., et al. 1967. Nerve cells and insect behavior. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Book - In-Text Citations

Parenthetical citation: When you use another person’s ideas or words in your text, include the author’s name, publication date and page number/s in brackets, generally at the end of the sentence,  e.g. ... services closer to home (Bishop, 2024: 23).

Narrative citation: If you use the author’s name as part of a sentence, include the date of publication and page number/s in brackets, generally at the beginning of the sentence, e.g. Bishop (2024: 43) argued that time was ...

Parenthetical Citation

Avoidance is often encountered among staff who are undervalued in the workplace (Northouse 2015: 38). 

Narrative Citation

Another observation by Northouse (2015: 40) is that avoidance can be counterproductive and lead to stress and conflict.

When the title is part of the sentence, use italics and title case (capitalise the first letter of each major word).

Parenthetical Citation

... delivers an introduction to the study of women through feminism, social constructs and relationships (Reading Women's Lives 1997: 23). 

Narrative Citation

Reading Women's Lives (1997: 48) provides a greater understanding of the academic field of women's studies and the methods used.

The original authors are named in your in-text, but only the source you actually read goes into the reference list. For example, if a study by Bendz et al. was referred to in a work that you read by Olson et al., you would only list Olson et al. in your reference list.

Parenthetical Citation

Such conclusions are generally invalid (Ngu, cited in Larson 1991: 51).

Narrative Citation

Ngu (cited in Larson 1991: 51) reported that such conclusions were generally invalid.