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Harvard Citation Style (Author-Date Style): Basic Examples

This Guide is a brief introduction to the Harvard Citation Style.

Basic Harvard Citation Style

Names - Author's initials are used for their first name. If theauthor has more than one initial, do not use spaces between them.  All authors are listed by last name then first initial separated by commas.

Titles - Use sentence-like capitalization.  Place article or chapter titles within single quotation marks.  Capitalize book and journal titles.

Dates - Use year of publication.  For dates viewed, use date month year with no punctuation.

[Summarized from EBSCO's Harvard: Author-Date Style

Reference List Examples

Book: Single Author

Bok, D,  2013 Higher education in America , Princeton University Press, Princeton.

Book: Two Authors

Huddleston, P & Minahan, S 2011, Consumer behavior: women and shopping, Business Expert Press, New York.

Book with Editor

Kern, W (ed.) 2010, The economics of natural and unnatural disasters, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, Kalamazoo, Mich.

Book Edition Other than First

 Osland, J 2001, Organizational behavior : an experiential approach, (7th Edition) , Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle , N.J.

eBook

Miville, M & Ferguson, A (eds) 2014, Handbook of race-ethnicity and gender in psychology, Springer, New York: Available from SpringerLink. [9 December 2014].

eBook: Chapter or Article in an Edited eBook

Rohrbacker, J & Weber, K 2014, 'Race-ethnicity and gender in higher education'  in  Handbook of race-ethnicity and gender in psychology, Springer, New York: Available from SpringerLink. [13 December 2014].

Online Journal

Fisher, P 2011, 'The income gap in the 2008 presidential election', Journal of Political Science, vol. 39, pp.54-80. Available from:EBSCOhost. [9 December 2014].

Print Journal

Reed, A 2001, 'The 2004 election in perspective: The myth of cultural divide and the triumph of neoliberal ideology',
American Quarterly, vol. 57, pp.1-15.

Website

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission 2014.  Washington, D.C., viewed 13 December 2014, http://www.sec.gov/index.htm.

 

 

In-Text Examples from above Reference List

Book: Single Author                                                       (Bok 2013)

Book: Two Authors                                       (Huddleston & Minahan 2011)

Book with Editor                                                       (ed. Kern 2010)

Book Edition Other than First                                  (Osland 2001)

eBook                                                                           (Miville & Ferguson 2014)

eBook: Chapter or Article in an Edited eBook  (Rohrbacker & Weber 2014, p. 189)

Online Journal                                                        (Fisher 2011)

Print Journal                                                           (Reed 2001)

Website                                                                    (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission 2014)

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