LibGuides: Harvard Reference Style: Datasets

Datasets: Reference format

The basics of a reference list entry for a dataset:

Author(s) of dataset. Surname followed by initials.
Year (or year range where relevant).
Title of dataset. (in italics)
Version (in round brackets, where relevant).
Format [in square brackets].
Distributor/Publisher (if available).
DOI or URL. If no DOI is available, provide the URL in the following format: Available: URL [Date of access]

Example:

Paris, T., Kim, J. & Davis, C. 2015. EEG responses to two contexts of AV speech presentation [Data set]. Western Sydney University. http://doi.org/10.4225/35/54bf146fa4012

Datasets: Example

Material Type	In-Text Example	Reference List Example
Dataset	Paris, Kim and Davis (2015) state that … Paris et al. (2015) illustrate …	Paris, T., Kim, J. & Davis, C. 2015. EEG responses to two contexts of AV speech presentation [Data set]. Western Sydney University. http://doi.org/10.4225/35/54bf146fa4012

Material Type

In-Text Example

Reference List Example

Dataset

Paris, Kim and Davis (2015) state that …

Paris et al. (2015) illustrate …

Paris, T., Kim, J. & Davis, C. 2015. EEG responses to two contexts of AV speech presentation [Data set]. Western Sydney University. http://doi.org/10.4225/35/54bf146fa4012