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Examples of Referencing in the Harvard Style:
Source
In-text Citation
Reference
Citing page numbers
Include page numbers in the citation when you refer to a specific section in the
source. Exclude page numbers when you refer to a larger section or to an entire
work.
Add a comma after the year and use p. for a single page and pp. for a page range.
Example citation: (Byrne 2014, p.56) (Byrne 2014, pp.17-19)
Book
(Author Year)
(Bush 2006)
Or
Bush (2006) argues
that….
Author(s) surname(s), Initial(s). (Year of publication).
Title of book: subtitle if any. Edition followed by ed. (if not the first edition) Place of
publication: Publisher.
Bush, T. (2006). Theories of Childcare. London:Harper Row
Two authors
(Bolman & Deal 2003)
Or
Bolman and Deal
(2003) found that…..
Bolman, L.G., Deal, T.E. (2003).Modern approaches to Understanding and Managing
Organisations. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
More than two
authors
(Baldrige et al 2005)
Or
Baldridge et al (2005)
have stated that …
Baldridge, J.V., Curtis, D.V. Euchre, G and Riley, G.L. (2005) Effective Communication
Dublin: Gill and Macmillan
Audiobook
Example
(McEwan 2002)
Author(s) surname(s), Initial(s). (Year of publication).
Title of audiobook: subtitle if any[audiobook]. Edition followed by ed. (if not the first
edition) Place of publication (if any): Publisher.
Example
McEwan, I. (2002). Atonement [audiobook]. New York: HarperCollins.
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Source
In-text Citation
Reference
Articles in Journals:
Print
(Hoyle 2002, pg27)
Or
Hoyle (2007, pg 27)
stated that …
Author(s) surname(s), Initial(s). (Year of publication). Title of article. Title of journal,
volume number(issue/number, or date/month of publication if volume and issue are
absent), page number(s).
Example
Hoyle, E. (2002) ‘Customer Service and Reception Skills’ Management and
Administration, 10(2), pp87-88 (note you should include the volume number, in this
case 10, the part number where available and page numbers.)
Journal/
magazine
article: Website or
library database
(Author Year)
Example from website
(Spruit 2014)
Author(s) surname(s), Initial(s). (Year of publication). Title of article. Title of
journal[online], volume number(issue/number, or date/month of publication if
volume and issue are absent), page numbers (if any). Available from: library
database name, or URL if accessed online from somewhere other than a library
database [accessed date].
Example of journal article from website Spruit, M. (2014). Pulmonary rehabilitation.
European respiratory review[online], 23(131). Available from:
http://err.ersjournals.com/content/23/131/55.full.pdf+html [accessed 14 May 2015].
Online video (e.g.
YouTube)
(Contributor Year)
(University of
Wolverhampton 2013)
Screen name of contributor. (Year). Title of video[video
online]. Available from: URL [accessed date].
Example
University of Wolverhampton (2013). Short guide to Harvard
Referencing[video online]. Available from: http://youtu.be/R
dG91lhDseA [accessed 9 June 2015]
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Source
In-text Citation
Reference
Image, Figure,
Illustration, Photo or
Table: Print: Web
(Owner year)
Example
(Dundalk Institute of
Technology 2012)
Image, Figure, Illustration, Photo or Table: Print: Web(Owner year)
Owner of website/image. (Year of publication). Title of image
[image online].Available from: URL [accessed date].
Example
Dundalk Institute of Technology. (2012). Whitaker Theatre
[image online]. Available from: https://www.dkit.ie/about [accessed
5 July 2014].
Webpage
Material on the Web
often falls into one of
the material types
already covered in
this guide.
Information
published on the
Web is not
necessarily a
webpage. In such
cases, follow the
instructions for the
material type in
question (e.g. journal
article, book,
YouTube video).
(Author /Owner Year)
Example
(Monaghan Institute
2015)
(Author/Owner Year)
Author/Owner of webpage. (Year created or last updated).
Title of webpage[online]. Available from: URL [accessed
date].
Example
Monaghan Institute. (2015). Graduate research
[online]. Available from: http://www.dkit.ie/research/graduate
-research [accessed 24 February 2015].
IF THERE IS NO AUTHOR LISTED PLEASE INSERT CORPORATE AUTHOR/OWNER – DO
NOT USE ANON!
