How to Cite Other Sources in Harvard Style

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

  • Red – Author
  • Blue – Title of book/article/charter/webpage
  • Pink – Date
  • Orange – Website/Publisher
  • Turquoise – Place of publication
  • Gray – URL/database/website where the source is retrieved
  • Peach – Additional information about the source (i.e. its type, specific features etc.)

Course materials

Note:

  • pay attention to the capitalization in the title of course materials (capitalization is absent only in the title of the lecture).
  • if an educational institution includes several schools, mention both the name of an institution and a particular school.

Example:

Brown, T. (2021) ‘Bridge construction techniques’, [Lecture]. ENG1145: BEng. Durham University, 21 March. Available at: http://duo.dur.ac.uk (Accessed: 30 April 2024).

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Films and video recordings

Example:

Ticket to paradise (2022) Directed by O. Parker. [DVD]. Santa Monica, CA: Working Title Films.

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Television programs

Example:

Shark tank (2020) ABC, 25 March, 21:00.

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Podcasts

Example:

Williams, C. (2021) Audio: unhelpful thinking [Podcast]. 2 March. Available at: https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/self-help/guidestools-and-activities/mentalwellbeing-audio-guides/#confidence (Accessed: 29 April 2024).

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YouTube

Example:

Psych Hub (2020) What is cultural humility? 5 October. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_wOnJJEfxE (Accessed: 1 May 2024).

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Corporate author/report

Example:

World Health Organization (2021) Advances in science and risk assessment tools for Vibrio parahaemolyticus and V. vulnificus associated with seafood: meeting report. Quebec: Food & Agriculture Organization.

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Personal communication

This section is about emails, interviews, conversations (face-to-face, by phone, skype, etc.), and letters. The information about a person with whom communication was maintained and the date of this interaction are to be included.

Example:

Walters, F. (2021) Conversation with John Stephens, 21 April.

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