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Harvard Reference Style

An introduction to the Harvard referencing system with reference formats & examples. This variation of Harvard Reference Style is compiled by Nelson Mandela University Library and Information Services.

Sample Harvard reference list

Reference list

Blake, S. 2017. Energising development with Jatropha curcas? Biofuel reflections from Mali in @PracticalAction briefing paper [Twitter]. 27 March. Available: https://twitter.com/SBlake [28 March 2017].

Boshoff, R. 2018. An adaptive internet management model for higher education institutions in South Africa. Thesis (D.B.A.), Nelson Mandela University.

Bothma, J.P. & Du Toit, J.G. (eds.). 2016. Game ranch management. Pretoria: Van Schaik.

Brieger, W. 2015. Lecture 3: recruitment and involvement of trainees [Lecture notes]. Available from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health OpenCourseWare website: http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/TrainingMethods ContinuingEducation/lectureNotes.cfm [3 June 2018].

Buesseler, K. 2018. This twilight zone is dark, watery, and yes, also full of intrigue. Earth right now [Blog]. 21 Aug. Available: https://climate.nasa.gov/blog/2788/this-twilight-zone-is-dark-watery-and-yes-also-full-of-intrigue/ [29 Aug 2018].

Cicmil, S., Cooke-Davies, T., Crawford, L. & Richardson, K. 2017. Exploring the complexity of projects: implications of complexity theory for project management practice. Newton Square, PA: Project Management Institute.

Desha, C. & Hargroves, K. 2014. Higher education and sustainable development: a model for curriculum renewal.  London: Routledge.

Edwin, A., Anand, V. & Prasanna, K. 2017. Sustainable development through functionally graded materials: an overview. Rasayan Journal of Chemistry, 10(1):149-152. doi: 10.7324/RJC.2017.1011578

Hart, I., Jacobs, P., Ramoroka, K., Mhlula, A. & Letty, B. 2015. Innovation and the development nexus: prospects from rural enterprises in South Africa. Africanus Journal of Development Studies, 45(1):1-9.

Manson, P. & Lanier, A. 2015. Managing the virtual landscape of Oregon’s territorial sea. In D.J. Wright (ed.), Ocean solutions earth solutions. Available: http://ebookcentral.proquest.com [26 March 2018]. pp. 287-314.

McGonagall, M. 2019. Teaching transfiguration to teenagers [Webinar]. Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Available:  http://www.hogwarts.edu/webinars/McGonagall_4 [7 April 2020].

Meyer, D & Hyman, A. 2017. Fees must fall movement vows UCT shutdown. HeraldLive, 4 September. Available: http://www.heraldlive.co.za/news/2017/09/04/fees-must-fall-movement-vows-uct-shutdown/ [5 September 2018].

Mulvihill, P.R. & Ali, S.H. 2016. Environmental management: critical thinking and emerging practices. Available: https://www.ebscohost.com/ebooks [15 September 2018].

Ngomso, D. 2017. SA Concerned Consumer Group [Facebook]. 13 January. Available: https://www.facebook.com/groups/6814981679260616 [15 January 2017].

Parsons, J.D. 2014. Nutrition in contemporary diet. PhD thesis, Durham University. Available: http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/846 [3 June 2019].

Project Management Institute. 2017. A guide to the project management body of knowledge. [s.l.]: Author

Romm, J. 2015. Climate change: what everyone needs to know [Kindle version]. Available: http://www.amazon.com [6 April 2018].

Shuker, R. 2016. Understanding popular music culture. 5th rev. ed. London, England: Routledge.

Social policy: an introduction. 2015. Maidenhead: Oxford University Press.

South Africa. Department of Home Affairs. 2006. Annual report (RP53/2006). Pretoria: Government printer.

Supiot, A. 2010. A legal perspective on the economic crisis of 2008. International Labour Review, 149(2):151-162. Available: http://www.ilo.org/public/english/revue/ [26 July 2018].

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. 2003. Managing asthma: a guide for schools (NIH Publication No. 02-2650). Available: http://www.nhlbi.nih .gov/health/prof/lung/asthma/asth_sch.pdf [5 December 2017].

Wilson, G. 2017. Two men slain, one critical in vigilante attacks. The Herald, 22 August:1, 3.

Zalasiewicz, J. & Williams, M. 2015. Climate change through Earth's history. In T.M. Letcher (ed.), Climate change: observed impacts on planet earth. Amsterdam: Elsevier. pp.3-13

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