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Harvard Style - How To Cite References

This document provides guidelines for citing references using the Harvard referencing style. It discusses how to cite different types of sources like quotations, paraphrases, summaries, entire works, and sources with multiple authors. It also covers citing images, tables, and online sources. The guidelines describe formatting citations both in-text and in the references list. The document recommends consulting the Style Manual for Authors, Editors and Printers for more detailed examples and information on Harvard referencing.

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Harvard Style - How To Cite References

This document provides guidelines for citing references using the Harvard referencing style. It discusses how to cite different types of sources like quotations, paraphrases, summaries, entire works, and sources with multiple authors. It also covers citing images, tables, and online sources. The guidelines describe formatting citations both in-text and in the references list. The document recommends consulting the Style Manual for Authors, Editors and Printers for more detailed examples and information on Harvard referencing.

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Harvard Style_How to cite

references
This page outlines how to complete various kinds of references using the
Harvard Referencing method.

Quotations, paraphrases and summaries


To cite a quotation Reproduce the text word-for-word and place quotation marks at the
beginning and end of the quotation. The author, date and page number
must be included.

"Australia is a settler society" (Hudson and Bolton 1997, p. 9).


To cite a paraphrase or a short Restate the original words/ideas in your own words. The author, date, and
summary of an author's words or page number(s) must be included.
ideas
Wartime textile rationing was imposed through a coupon system, which
meant garments now had two costs: their value in monetary units and in
coupons (McKernan 1995, p. 152)
To reference the overall content of a You do not need to include page numbers because it is the entire work you
work are referring to:

Larsen and Greene (1989) studied the effects of pollution in three major
citiies...
An author who attributes information to another source
In-text citations

You must acknowledge both sources in your text:

Graham Gibbs, in his 1981 study into student learning wrote that "because
students are aware of their tutor's mastery of the subject matter, it is quite
common for them to assume that their reader has no needs at all" (Gibbs
1981, p. 39, cited in Bowden & Marton 1998, p. 35).

References

Record the book that you actually sourced:


Bowden, J & Marton F 1998, The university of learning, Kogan Page, London. 

Multiple authors
One to three authors:

In-text citations

Include both names in the order in which they appear on the title page:

(Gerster & Basset 1987) or:

Gerster and Basset (1987) assert that...

References

Gerster, R & Basset, J 1991, Seizures of youth: the sixties and Australia, Hyland


House, Melbourne.

More than three authors:

In-text citations

Use the surname of the first author and et al. ('and others') in the text:

Leeder et al. (1996, p. 78) argued ... or:

(Leeder et al. 1996) 

References

Don't use et al in the list of references. List all the authors in the order in which
they appear on the title page.

Leeder, SR, Dobson, AJ, Gibbers, RW, Patel, NK, Matthews, PS, Williams DW &
Mariot, DL 1996, The Australian film industry, Dominion Press, Adelaide.

 
A work reproduced in a publication—image, poem, painting,
etc.
In-text citations

Refer to the work in the text, then include book author, date, and page
number:

De Kooning's 1952 painting "Woman and Bicycle" (Hughes 1980, p. 295) is an


example of ...'

References

List the publication containing the image:

Hughes, R 1980, The shock of the new: art and the century of change, British
Broadcasting Corporation, London. 

More than one work by the same author


 In-text citations

Arrange citations in chronological order:

(Smith 1981, 1984, 1985)

References

Each source requires a separate reference list entry. 

Part of a publication contributed by someone other than the


main author—a preface, introduction, foreword, etc.
In-text citations

Drabble (in Bronte 1978) suggests...

References
Provide the details of the publication to which the contribution was made:

Bronte, E 1978, Wuthering Heights and poems, H Osborne (ed.), Orion


Publishing Group, London. Introduction by Margaret Drabble.

An author who published more than one work in the same


year
In-text citations

Attach an a, b, c, d etc. after the year:

Dawkins (1972a, 1972 b) completed a number of studies on... 

References

Each source requires a separate reference list entry.

To refer to more than one work


In-text citations

Separate the references either with a semicolon or the word and

(Entwistle 1977; Haddon 1969) or:

Entwistle (1977) and Haddon (1969) both demonstrated...

References

Each source requires a separate reference list entry.

To refer to authors with the same family name who have


published in the same year
In-text citations

Use their initials to indicate different people:


The theory was first developed early this century (Smith, A K 1979) but later
many of its elements were refuted (Smith, J A 1979). 

References

Each source requires a separate reference list entry. 

Finding more information


The material in this guide is based on the 6th edition of the Government Style
Manual:

Style Manual for Authors, Editors and Printers 2002, 6th edn, revised by Snooks
& Co., AGPS, Canberra.

For more detailed information and examples, we recommend that you consult
this source, especially Chapter 12 (pp. 187-232). Copies of this Style Manual
are available for loan at UNSW Library. 

Many faculties and schools at UNSW have style guides indicating how
referencing for assignments should be done, so if you're not sure, check with
them about which method to use.

It is impossible to include every referencing format in this guide. If you need


referencing information for a format not listed here, seek further assistance
from:

 your lecturer or tutor


 a Harvard referencing website (try an internet search)
 or a style manual. Style manuals for different citation systems are
available in the UNSW.

Harvard referencing
 How to cite different sources
 How to cite references
 How to cite online/electronic sources
 Broadcast and other sources
 Citing images and tables
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