How to Cite Electronic Journals in Harvard Style

In our citation examples, we use the following color coding:

  • Red – Author
  • Blue – Title of book/article/charter/webpage
  • Pink – Date
  • Green – Title of journal
  • Violet – Editor/Translator
  • Black – Volume/Issue
  • Sienna – Pages
  • Gray – URL/database/website where the source is retrieved

Full text from database (no author)

Example:

‘The characteristics of crackers made from formulation of wheat and modified water yam flour’ (2020) Food Science and Technology, 3(1), pp. 18-23. Available at: https://doi.org/10.25139/fst.v0i0.2681

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Full text newspaper, newswire (no author)

Example:

The Economic Times (2024) ‘What is organizational behavior’, 30 April. Available at: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/definition/organizational-behavior (Accessed: 1 May 2024).

Be sure to put the name of a journal at the beginning of the entry and make it both capitalized and italicized.

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Full text from the Internet

Example:

Mohseni, A. (2021) ‘“All history biography”: Ralph Waldo Emerson’s philosophy of history’, Australasian Journal of American Studies, 40(1), pp. 5-32. Available at: https://www.jstor.org/stable/27041168 (Accessed: 12 April 2024).

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Full text newspaper article from database

Example:

Vyas, M. (2024) ‘From boardrooms to law firms: general counsels eye law firm opportunities’, The Economic Times, 29 April. Available at: https://www.nexis.com (Accessed: 1 May 2024).

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Full text from database/with DOI

Example:

Fischer, T. and Sitkin, S.B. (2023) ‘Leadership styles: a comprehensive assessment and way forward’, Academy of Management Annals, 17(1), pp. 331-372. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5465/annals.2020.0340

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