Harvard Reference Style

Components:

Author(s). Year. Title: subtitle. Place: Publisher.

Example:

Netscher, P. 2014. Successful construction project management: the practical guide. Subiaco: Panet.

Notes:

·     Both title and subtitle of a book must be in italics

·     The subtitle: a colon after the title, space and then the subtitle

·    Place of publisher needs to be a name of a city and not a country

Example:

… (Netscher, 2014:93).

As proved by Netscher (2014:68-69) …

Components:

Author(s). Year. Title: subtitle. Place: Publisher.

Example:

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

Notes:

Use commas to separate authors: use an ampersand (&) before the last author.

Example:

Desha and Hargroves (2014: 67) stress …

… (Desha & Hargroves, 2014:101-102).

Notes:

Components:

Authors. Year. Title: subtitle. Place: Publisher.

Example:

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.

Notes:

Use commas to separate authors: use an ampersand (&) before the last author.

For locations in USA, you should always list the city and the state using the two letter postal abbreviation without periods, e.g. Hoboken, NJ

Example:

Cicmil, Cooke-Davies, Crawford and Richardson (2017:202) state that …

Cicmil et al. (2017:250) illustrate …

Notes:

When a work has three or more authors, cite all authors the first time the reference occurs, but in subsequent citations only use the first author’s last name followed by “et al.”

Components:

Author(s). Year. Title: subtitle. Edition. Place: Publisher.

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

Notes:

The title ends with a full stop before the edition statement

Example:

According to Shuker (2016:69) …

Components:

Title: subtitle. Year. Place: Publisher.

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

Notes:

The title moves to the author position before the date of the publication.

Example:

… (Social policy, 2015:55-56).

Notes:

Avoid using the title of the reference at the beginning of the sentence.

Use a few words of the title (in italics), or the whole title if it is short.

Components:

Name of editor(s). (ed(s).). Year. Title: subtitle.  Place: Publisher.

Example:

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

Notes:

Identify the editor(s) by the abbreviation ed. or eds. in brackets after the last editor’s name.

Example:

Bothma and Du Toit (2016: 301) argued that …

Chapter authors in edited books

Components:

Authors. Year. Title: subtitle of the chapter. In editors of book (eds.), Title of book. Place: Publisher. Page reference

Example:

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

Notes:

In the above example, you have consulted a chapter of the book Climate change: observed impacts on planet earth, edited by T. M. Fletcher.

The chapter you consulted for your assignment/research is Climate change through Earth's history, by the authors J. Zalasiewicz, J. and M. Williams.

In the reference list you should include details of both the chapter author(s) and the editor(s) of the entire work.

The title of the book is italicized, not the title of the chapter.

Identify the editor(s) by the abbreviation ed. or eds. in brackets.

Name(s) of editor(s) of the book is not in inverted format but initials first then followed by the surname.

Example:

Zalasiewicz and Williams (2015:10-11) state …

… (Zalasiewicz & Williams, 2015:12).

Notes:

References to the work of an author that appears as a chapter, or part of a larger work, that is edited by someone else, should be cited within your text using the name of the contributory author not the editor of the whole work.

Components:

Corporate author. Year. Title: subtitle. Place: Publisher.

Example:

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

Notes:

•   When an organization “writes” a book it is known as the corporate author.

•   If you cannot locate publisher location, replace this missing info with “[s.l.]”

•     When the corporate author and publisher are identical, use the word “Author” as the name of the publisher.