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Harvard referencing can vary in format. This guide provides examples based on the style in the book Cite
Them Right. Check with your tutor and/or module handbook for further guidance on the referencing
requirements for your assignments.
Remember
to add page number(s) to your in-text citation where
necessary (see full Harvard guide).
Type
Reference example
In-text citation
Book or ebook
(with one
author)
McCabe, J. (2004) Feminist film studies: writing the woman
into cinema. London: Wallflower.
(McCabe, 2004)
or to reference a
specific page:
(McCabe, 2004, p.
51)
Source with two
to three authors
Bazalgette, L., Rahilly, T. and Trevelyan, G. (2015)
Achieving emotional wellbeing for looked after children: a
whole system approach. Available at:
https://www.nspcc.org.uk/globalassets/documents/rese
arch-reports/achieving-emotional-wellbeing-for-looked-
after-children.pdf (Accessed: 20 January 2017).
(Bazalgette,
Rahilly and
Trevelyan, 2015)
Source with four
or more authors
Macaro, E. , Nakatani, V., Hayashi, V. and Khabbazbashi, N.
(2014)
‘Exploring the value of bilingual language assistants with
Japanese
English as a foreign language learners’,
Language
Learning Journal, 42(1), pp. 41-54.
(Macaro et al.,
2014)
Edited book
Ferguson, S. (ed.) (2016) Race, gender, sexuality, and social
class: dimensions of inequality and identity. 2
nd
edn.
Thousand Oaks, California: Sage.
(Ferguson,
2016)
Book with
later edition
Pears, R. and Shields, G. (2016) Cite them right: the
essential referencing guide. 10
th
revised & expanded
edn. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
(Pears and
Shields, 2016)
Book chapter
Foster, N. (2011) ‘The act/a
rt of assessing: critical appraisal
and
its relevance in public health’
, in Aceijas, C. (ed.)
Assessing evidence to improve population health and
wellbeing. Exeter: Learning Matters, pp. 54
–
68.
(Foster, 2011, p.
60)
Book chapter or
extract in
WebLearn
Thompson, N. (2013) ‘Appraisal and
performance
management’
, in People management. Basingstoke: Palgrave
Macmillan, pp. 65- 74. MN4002: Fundamentals of
Management. Available at: http://weblearn.londonmet.ac.uk
(Accessed: 10 December 2013).
(Thompson,
2013)
Translated book
Barthes, R. (1994) The semiotic challenge. Translated by
Richard Howard. Berkeley: University of California Press.
(Barthes, 1994)
Journal article
–
print or
electronic
Cairns, T. (2000) ‘For the sake of informality’,
Adults Learning,
12(3), pp. 16
–
18.
(Cairns, 2000)
Journal article
with DOI
Alexander, C. (20
04) ‘Imagining the Asian gang: e
thnicity,
masculinity and youth after “the riots”’,
Critical Social Policy,
24(4), pp. 526
–
549. doi: 10.1177/0261018304046675.
(Alexander, 2004)
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