References/bibliography Harvard Style
References/Bibliography
Harvard Style
Based on Style manual for authors, editors
and printers / revised by Snooks & Co. 2002
The “Harvard style” is a generic author-date style for citing and referencing information in assignments and
publications. There are many styles which follow the author-date convention, including the American
Psychological Association (APA) and the Chicago Manual of Style. This guide is based on an Australian
style manual (AGPS style) now revised by Snooks & Co, 2002.
Note:
Before you create your list of references, check with your lecturer or tutor for the
bibliographic style preferred by the School. There may be differences in the style
recommended by the School.
What is referencing?
Referencing is a standardised way of acknowledging the sources of information and ideas that you have used
in your document.
Why reference?
Referencing is important to avoid plagiarism, to verify quotations and to enable readers to follow up what
you have written and locate the cited author’s work.
Steps in referencing
•
Keep a record of the full bibliographic details and relevant page numbers of all the sources
from which information is taken.
•
Insert brief citations at the appropriate places in the text of your document.
•
Compile a reference list at the end of the document that includes full details of all references
cited.
In-text citations
•
In an author-date style, in-text citations usually require the name of the author(s) and the
year of publication.
•
A page number is included if you have a direct quote, paraphrase a passage or you want to
direct the reader to a specific page. Page numbers may also be included if the you are referring to a
long work and the page numbers might be useful to the reader.
How to create a reference list/bibliography
•
A reference list contains only the books, articles, and web pages etc that are cited in the text
of the document. A bibliography includes all sources consulted for background or further reading.
•
A reference list is arranged alphabetically by author. If an item has no author, it is cited by
title, and included in the alphabetical list using the first significant word of the title.
•
If you have more than one item with the same author, list the items chronologically, starting
with the earliest publication.
•
Each reference appears on a new line.
•
There is no indentation of the references.
•
There is no numbering of the references.
Referencing Software
The University of Queensland Library provides access to EndNote and RefWorks which assist in creating
reference lists. If you are using EndNote, down load the Harvard Style (2002) from the Library EndNote
Styles page (http://www.library.uq.edu.au/faqs/endnote/styles.html). If you are using RefWorks, select the
Harvard (University of Queensland) style from the Bibliography options.
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Book
Elements of the citation
Author(s) of book – family name and initials Year of publication, Title of book – italicised, Edition, Publisher, Place of publication.
Reference type
In-text examples
Reference list example
EndNote and
RefWorks (which
reference type?)
Single author
Sophisticated searching techniques are important
Berkman, RI 1994, Find It fast: how to uncover expert
Book
in finding information (Berkman 1994)
information on any subject, HarperPerennial, New York.
OR
Berkman (1994, p. 25) claimed that …
OR
Berkman (1994, pp. 30-35) agrees that …
2 authors
… from an engineering perspective (Cengel &
Cengel, YA & Boles, MA 1994, Thermodynamics: an
Book
Boles 1994)
engineering approach, 2nd edn, McGraw Hill, London.
OR
Cengel and Boles (1994) found …
3 authors
… as previously demonstrated (Reid, Parsons &
Reid, DH, Parsons, MB & Green, CW 1989, Staff management
Book
Green)
in human services: behavioral research and application,
Charles C. Thomas, Springfield.
4 or more
… neck pain caused by whiplash (Jull et al.
Jull, G, Sterling, M, Fallah, D, Treleaven, J & O'Leary, S 2008,
Book
authors
2008).
Whiplash headache and neck pain: research-based directions
OR
for physical therapies, Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh.
Jull et al. (2008) have argued …
No author
… already mentioned (Be, know, do: leadership
Be, know, do: leadership the Army way 2004, Jossey-Bass, San
Book
the Army way 2004).
Francisco.
OR
Insert alphabetically into the Reference List.
In Be, know, do: leadership the Army way (2004)
there is an interesting example …
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Multiple works
… geology of Queensland’s national parks
Willmott, WF 2004, Rocks and landscapes of the national
Book
by the same
(Willmott 2004, 2006).
parks of southern Queensland, Geological Society of Australia,
author
Queensland Division, Brisbane.
Willmott, WF 2006, Rocks and landscapes of the national
parks of central Queensland, Geological Society of Australia,
Queensland Division, Brisbane.
Order chronologically from in the reference list.
Multiple works
… geographically speaking (Dawkins 1996a,
Dawkins, R 1996a, Climbing Mount Improbable, Viking,
Book
by the same
1996b)
London.
author, published
Dawkins, R 1996b, River out of Eden, Phoenix, London.
in the same year
Order alphabetically by title in the reference list.
Two or more
… rock formations (Dawkins 1996; Willmott
Dawkins, R 1996, Climbing Mount Improbable, Viking,
Book
works by
2004)
London.
different authors
Willmott, WF 2004, Rocks and landscapes of the national
parks of southern Queensland, Geological Society of Australia,
Queensland Division, Brisbane.
Book by an
… in the case of an institution (Australian
Australian Government Publishing Service 1987,
Book
organisation or
Government Publishing Service 1987)
Commonwealth printing and publishing manual, 2nd edn,
institution
A.G.P.S., Canberra.
Different
… the meaning of educational research (Pring
Pring, R 2004, Philosophy of educational research, 2nd edn,
Book
Editions
2004)
Continuum, London.
The edition statement is placed after the title of the work.
This is not necessary for a first edition.
Edited book
… some findings (ed. Sjostrand 1993)
Sjostrand, S (ed.) 1993, Institutional change: theory and
Edited book
OR
empirical findings, M.E. Sharpe, Armonk, N.Y.
… optics defined (eds Pike & Sarkar 1986)
Pike, ER & Sarkar, S (eds) 1986, Frontiers in quantum optics,
Adam Hilger, Bristol.
Book Series
In defining permutation groups Bhattacharjee
Bhattacharjee, M 1998, Notes of infinite permutation groups,
Book
(1998) …
Lecture notes in mathematics no.1698, Springer, New York.
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Chapter in a book
Elements of the citation
Author(s) of chapter – family name and initials Year of publication, ‘Title of chapter – in single quotation marks’, in Editor(s) of book (eds), Title of book –
italicised, Edition, Publisher, Place of publication, Page numbers.
Reference type
In-text examples
Reference list example
EndNote and
RefWorks (which
reference type?)
Chapter in an
Bernstein (1995) explained intelligent traffic
Bernstein, D 1995, ‘Transportation planning’, in WF Chen
Book section
edited book
flows.
(ed.), The civil engineering handbook, CRC Press, Boca Raton,
pp. 231-61.
Conference paper
Elements of the citation
Author(s) of paper – family name and initials Year of publication, ‘Title of paper – in single quotation marks’, Title of published proceedings which may
include place held and date(s) – italicised, Publisher, Place of Publication, Page number(s), (viewed date-in-full, URL – if accessed electronically).
Reference type
In-text examples
Reference list example
EndNote and
RefWorks (which
reference type?)
Published
Bourassa (1999) emphasised …
Bourassa, S 1999, ‘Effects of child care on young children’,
Conference
conference paper
Proceedings of the third annual meeting of the International
proceeding
Society for Child Psychology, International Society for Child
Psychology, Atlanta, Georgia, pp. 44-6.
Unpublished
… estimating partner change (Bowden and
Bowden, FJ & Fairley, CK 1996, ‘Endemic STDs in the
Conference paper
conference paper
Fairley 1996)
Northern Territory: estimations of effective rates of partner
change’, paper presented to the scientific meeting of the Royal
Australian College of Physicians, Darwin, 24-25 June.
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Journal Article
Elements of the citation
Author(s) of journal article – family name and initials Year of publication, ‘Title of journal article – in single quotation marks’, Title of journal – italicised,
Volume, Issue or number, Page number(s), (viewed date-in-full, URL – if accessed electronically).
Reference type
In-text examples
Reference list example
EndNote and
RefWorks (which
reference type?)
Journal articles
Huffman (1996) expanded on the theory …
Huffman, LM 1996, ‘Processing whey protein for use as a food Journal article
OR
ingredient’, Food Technology, vol. 50, no. 2, pp. 49-52.
… uses for whey protein (Huffman 1996).
Electronic
… changes in resource management (Daniel
Daniel, TT 2009, 'Learning from simpler times', Risk
Electronic article
journal article
2009)
Management, vol. 56, no. 1, pp. 40-44, viewed 30 January
in EndNote
with page
2009, <http://proquest.umi.com/>.
Journal article
numbers
For an article retrieved from a database, it is sufficient to
with Electronic
give the URL of the database site.
type chosen in
Refworks.
Electronic
… the discipline of art history (Donahue-Wallace
Donahue-Wallace, K & Chanda, J 2005, 'A case study in
Electronic article
journal article
& Chanda 2005)
integrating the best practices of face-to-face art history and
in EndNote
without page
online teaching', Interactive Multimedia Electronic Journal of
Journal article
numbers
Computer-Enhanced Learning, vol. 7, no. 1, viewed 30
with Electronic
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type chosen in
<http://imej.wfu.edu/articles/2005/1/01/index.asp>.
Refworks.
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Thesis
Elements of the citation
Author of thesis – family name and initials Year of preparation of thesis, ‘Title of thesis – in single quotation marks’, Award, Institution issuing degree,
Location of institution.
Reference type
In-text examples
Reference list example
EndNote and
RefWorks (which
reference type?)
Thesis
Exelby (1997) described the process …
Exelby, HRA 1997, ‘Aspects of gold and mineral liberation’,
Thesis
OR
PhD thesis, University of Queensland, Brisbane.
… processing gold (Exelby 1997)
The title is not italicised and is placed in quotation marks.
Report
Elements of the citation
Author(s) of report – (person or organisation) Year of Publication, Title of report - italicised, Report number (if available), Publisher/ Institution, Place of
publication, (viewed date-in-full, URL - if accessed electronically).
Reference type
In-text examples
Reference list example
EndNote and
RefWorks (which
reference type?)
Print report
… in Queensland waterways (Mortimer & Cox
Mortimer, M. & Cox, M 1999, Contaminants in mud crabs and
Report
1999)
sediments from the Maroochy River, Environment technical
report no. 25, Queensland Department of the Environment,
Brisbane.
Electronic report
… young children’s schooling (Rathbun, West &
Rathbun, AH, West, J & Hausken, EG 2003, Young children's
Hausken 2003)
access to computers in the home and at school in 1999 and
2000, NCES-2003-036, National Center for Education
Statistics, Washington, DC, viewed 4 November 2003,
<http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2003/2003036.pdf>.
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Newspaper and magazine article
Elements of the citation
Author(s) of article – family name and initials Year of publication, ‘Title of article – in single quotation marks’, Title of newspaper – italicised, Day month,
Page number(s).
Reference type
In-text examples
Reference list example
EndNote and
RefWorks
(which reference
type?)
Newspaper
... as seen in the move to privatise the railway
Simpson, L 1997, ‘Tasmania’s railway goes private’,
Newspaper article
article (print)
(Simpson 1997)
Australian Financial Review, 13 October, p. 10.
Newspaper
… government has been blamed for the water
Porteous, C 2007, ‘Rudd blamed for drought’, Courier Mail, 15
article (web)
shortage (Porteous 2007).
August, p. 17, viewed 27 February 2009,
<http://global.factiva.com/>.
For an article retrieved from a database, it is sufficient to
give the URL of the database site.
Web page
Elements of the citation
Author(s) of page – (person or organisation) Year (page created or revised), Title of page - italicised, description of document (if applicable), name of the
sponsor of the page (if applicable), viewed date-in-full, URL.
Reference type
In-text examples
Reference list example
EndNote and
RefWorks (which
reference type?)
Web page with
… this agreement (Albanese 2009)
Albanese, A 2009, Fairer compensation for air travellers,
Web page
author
media release, 29 January, Minister for Infrastructure,
Transport, Regional Development and Local Government,
viewed 30 January 2009,
<http://www.minister.infrastructure.gov.au/aa/releases/2009/
January/AA007_2009.htm>.
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Web page with
… in this subject guide (University of Queensland University of Queensland Library 2009, Mechanical
Web page
corporate or
Library 2009)
engineering subject guide, University of Queensland Library,
organisational
viewed 6 February 2009,
author
<http://www.library.uq.edu.au/findits/findit.php?title=
Mechanical+Engineering>.
Web page with no … it has been argued that emotional intelligence
Bliss, SE n.d., The effect of emotional intelligence on a modern Web page
date of
is a combination of competencies (Bliss n.d.)
organizational leader’s ability to make effective decisions,
publication
viewed 10 February 2008, <http://eqi.org/mgtpaper.htm>.
Patent
Elements of the citation
Author(s) of patent – family name and initials Year of issue, Title of patent- italicised, Number of patent including country of issue.
Reference type
In-text examples
Reference list example
EndNote and
RefWorks (which
reference type?)
Patent
… gas insulated transmission systems (Cookson
Cookson, AH 1985, Particle trap for compressed gas insulated Patent
1985)
transmission systems, US Patent 4554399.
Standard
Elements of the citation
Corporate body issuing standard Year of publication, Title of standard- italicised, Number of standard including identifier of issuing country or body,
Publisher of standard, Place of publication.
Reference type
In-text examples
Reference list example
EndNote and
RefWorks (which
reference type?)
Standard
… steels are classified (International Organization International Organization for Standardization 1982, Steels -
Standard
for Standardization 1982)
classification - part 1: classification of steels into unalloyed
and alloy steels based on chemical composition, ISO 4948-
1:1982, International Organization for Standardization,
Geneva.
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Map
Elements of the citation
Issuing body Year of publication, Title of map – italicised, Series (if available), Publisher, Place of publication.
Reference type
In-text examples
Reference list example
EndNote and
RefWorks (which
reference type?)
Map
… reading this map (Department of Mines and
Department of Mines and Energy, Queensland 1996,
Map
Energy, Queensland 1996)
Dotswood, Australia 1:100 000 geological series, sheet 8158,
Department of Mines and Energy, Queensland, Brisbane.
Personal communication
Elements of the citation
Information obtained by interview, telephone call, letter or email should be documented in the text, but should NOT be included in the list of References.
Reference type
In-text examples
Reference list example
EndNote and
RefWorks (which
reference type?)
Personal
When interviewed on 15 June 1995, Dr Peter
Do not include in the Reference List
Personal
communication
Jones explained that …
communication
OR
This was later verbally confirmed (P Jones 1995,
pers. comm., 15 June).
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