Harvard Referencing: Subject Resource Guide
Harvard Referencing: Subject Resource Guide
Harvard Referencing: Subject Resource Guide
Provide a list of references (BIBLIOGRAPHY), which were used in completing the work.
This list should appear at the end in alphabetical order, by author.
Provide references in the text (IN TEXT REFERENCING) to any material you quote, paraphrase or
summarise.
This will include Author’s surname and year of publication. Also provide page numbers and single quotations
around any particular passages you quote in entirety.
Prepare for referencing from the moment you begin your research. Keep a record of your sources so that you
are able to verify your statements.
For all electronic information, in addition to the above you should also note
The date you accessed the information
The database name and/or
The Web Address (URL)
JOURNALS
Referenced in a similar fashion to books
Shea (1959) recognised this problem
OR
Shea (1959, pp504-522), in an early study of these phenomena, argued that
OR
In an early study of these phenomena (Shea, 1959, pp504-522)
NEWSPAPERS
Same as books
David Mason reported in the Sydney Morning Herald (15 January, 2004, p26.) that …
Unless there is no author
The Sydney Morning Herald (15 January, 2000, p.26) reported that …
VIDEOS
Include the title in italics, and date of production
Strictly ballroom (1992) highlighted the dance culture …
PERSONAL COMMUNICATION
List Author, year and date of transmission
In 2004, the Manager of GMA, Mr Peter Emslie (21 January, email) stated that trade relations are improving.
OR
It has been confirmed that the Prime Minister will retire in June 2004. (M. Latham 2004, pers. comm., 5
February)
OR
In an interview on 5th February 2004, Mr M Latham confirmed that the Prime Minister would retire in June of
this year.
Ourimbah Campus Library – January 2007
HOW TO CREATE BIBLIOGRAPHIES
A bibliography should cover all works that may have informed and influenced your thinking, not just
those you may have cited within your assignment.
All entries are alphabetically ordered, by author’s surname. The format, including capitals and
punctuation, is as follows. The title is italicised.
Author’s surname, Author’s first name or initial. Year of publication, Book title, Publisher, Place of
publication.
ONE AUTHOR
Zimbardo, P.G. 1992, Psychology and life, Harper Collins, New York.
NO AUTHOR
Engineering Practices Today 2001, Engineering Publications, Los Angeles.
NO PUBLICATION DATE
Field, K, n.d., The Taming of Parramatta, Antipodean Press, Sydney.
EDITOR
Kastles,T. (ed),1998, Survey of historical sites, Apex Press, Melbourne.
ENCYCLOPEDIAS
'Steam engines’ 1997, World Book Encyclopedia, vol. 11, World Book International, London, pp. 161-8.
JOURNALS
Journal entries include volume and issue number, plus page numbers & italicised journal name.
McPherson, J. 1996, ‘The differences between TAFE and school’, Education Today, 6,(2), pp3-7.
Matthews, G. 1998, ‘Internet economics: the net in Australia’, Business Economics Review [Online], vol 4,
no.343, pp3-5. Available from: Infotrac, [Accessed: 30 January, 2003.]
PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS
INTERNET
List the Author, Year, Title [Internet].Publisher. Available from: URL [Accessed date of retrieval].
Jones, K.2003.Avoiding tax [Internet]. Department of Agriculture. Available from:
http://www.agric.nsw.gov.au [Accessed 11 June 2003]
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