Harvard Referencing

Harvard Referencing

1. When referencing from a book:

   • Author, Year, Title, Edition, Place: Publisher.
   • E.g. Spence, J.D., 2013. The Search for Modern China. 3rd ed. New York: W.W. Norton.
   • This information can be found on the title page of a book or on the back of this title page.
   • Alternatively using the library's 'OneSearch' can give you these details.
   • Also if its a 1st edition of a book you don't need to state this.
   • In addition if there are more than 3 authors you can just name the first and add 'et al'.

2. When referencing from an article (Journal, Magazines, Newspapers):

   • Author, Year of publication, Article title, Journal title, Volume number (issue or part number), Start & end page numbers.
   • E.g. Ghosh j., 2000. The jurisprudence of the European Court on tax and the fundamental freedoms. The Corporate Tax Review, 3 (1) 43-70.
   • When articles don't have a volume or issue number this can be substituted for the Date, Month or Season.

3. When Referencing from a webpage:

   • Author or Editor, Year, Title [online], Publisher, Available at: URL [Date Accessed]
   • E.g. Google, 2012. Code of conduct [online]. Google Investor relations. Available at: http://investor..... [Accessed 30 August 2013]

4. There are some webpages available that will do all the hard worker you such as www.refworks.com.