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).
  • add both the name of a website and a link to it.
  • if an educational institution includes several schools, mention both the name of an institution and a particular school.

Example:

Stellar, V 2016, ‘MIT6_092IAP10 Introduction to Java Week 5 Lecture: Access control, class scope, packages, Java API’, Retrieved from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MITOpenCourseWare web site: <https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-092-introduction-to-programming-in-java-january-iap-2010/download-course-materials/>.

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Films and video recordings

Example:

Stories and songs of the people – they came for the gathering 2000, video recording, Video Education Australasia, Victoria.

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Television programs

The first word after a colon is capitalized, as it clarifies the title of an episode.

Example:

The holy spirit: My best friend 2017, television program, Mark Hankins Ministries, Alexandria, 7 March.

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Podcasts

Example:

Insomnia, anti-inflammatory safety, assessing heart disease risk, cheaper breast cancer drugs 2017, podcast radio program, ABC Radio National, Sydney, 23 January, <http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/healthreport/insomnia,-anti-inflammatory-safety,-assessing-heart-disease-ris/8204796>.

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Computer software

Note that no italicization is needed for the name of a software and website.

Example:

Wireshark 2017, Stable release, ver. 2.2.4., computer program, Wireshark, Pittsburgh, PA.

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Corporate author

Example:

Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and New Zealand 2016, AASB 128 investments in associates and joint ventures, Pearson Education, Sydney.

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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 only within an in-text citation. There is no necessity to add it to the reference list.

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Industry report

Example:

IBISWorld 2016, Human resources & benefits administration in the US: market research report, viewed 27 January 2017, via IBISWorld database.

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Further study