Quick Reference Guide
Quick Reference Guide
Quick Reference Guide
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Harvard referencing Library quick guide
Important: This document is meant for use as a guide only. For further
examples see the Harvard Extended Guide. To avoid losing marks, confirm the
referencing requirements of your school with your lecturer. This guide is based on the
Style manual: for authors, editors and printers 2002, 6th edn, John Wiley & Sons,
Milton, Qld.
Note: Business students should use the RMIT Business style NOT the
general Harvard style.
Secondary citations
When you refer to the work of one author cited by another, indicate the original source of the
information and where you read it. In the reference list, only include the text you read, not the
original source. In this example, Hosany and Martin would be in the reference list.
Early research indicated ... (Heath & Scott, cited in Hosany & Martin 2012).
Heath and Scott (cited in Hosany & Martin 2012) claim that ...
Personal communication
Information obtained through personal communication such as interviews, phone
conversations and letters are not included in the reference list.
My field placement supervisor commented (CM Burns 2014 pers. comm., 20
April).
Ms Merrick (Melville Shire Council CEO) confirmed the details by email on 25 April
2014.
Book
E-books with full page format/imaging (PDF) should be cited as if it is a print copy.
Single author
Carroll, AB 2012, Business & society: ethics, sustainability, and stakeholder
management, 8th edn, South-Western Cengage Learning, Mason, OH.
No author
Style manual for authors, editors and printers 2002, 6th edn, John Wiley & Sons,
Milton, Qld.
Journal article
E-journals from a database with full-page format/imaging (PDF) should be cited as if it is a
print copy.
Taylor, CM, Karunaratne, CV & Xie, N 2012, Glycosides of hydroxyproline: some
recent, unusual discoveries, Glycobiology, vol. 22, no. 6, pp. 757-767.
Newspaper article
For articles without an author, include date and page number in-text; no need to include in
your reference list.
Martin, P 2014, Melbourne tops nations growth, The Age, 7 April. p. 2.
Podcast/vodcast
Isherwood, B 2012, Where ideas come from, podcast, viewed 5 June 2014,
<http//itunesu.rmit.edu.au/node/862>.
Video/film/DVD
The format should be specified after the date, e.g. video recording. Any useful additional
information can be noted after the citation, e.g. directed by
Updated 3 June 2015
The Book Thief 2014, DVD, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Moore Park,
NSW.
Website
World Health Organization 2014, WHO recommendations for routine immunization summary tables, World Health Organization, viewed 1 May 2014,
<http://www.who.int/immunization/policy/immunization_tables/en/>.