LibGuides: Harvard Style: Home

In Harvard style, the author and year are cited in-text, and full details of the source are given in a reference list.

There are many referencing styles; the Harvard style is one of countless styles available and is the most commonly used one in ATU. There are also many variations within the Harvard style and this referencing guide is based on the guidelines of Cite them Right.

Pears, R. and Shields, G. J. (2022) Cite them right: the essential referencing guide. Bloomsbury study skills. 12th edn. London: Bloomsbury Academic.

Cite them right provides clear and comprehensive coverage of citing and referencing. This 12th edition provides detailed examples for all print and electronic sources, business, government, technical and legal publications, and works of art and images. This book is available in print and also as an eBook.

ATU Library also has on online subscription to Cite them Right:

Cite them Right Online

Please note that you will need to use your network log-in to access the full online resource.

Harvard style

In the Harvard style, you put the name of the author, the year the information was published (and sometimes the page numbers) in brackets after the quotation or paraphrase in the text of your assignment. At the end of your assignment, you make a reference list of your sources.

There will be two parts to every reference you use:

In-text citations. As you are writing your text you will refer to ideas or information you have collected during your research. Each citation is indicated by including the author and the date of the publication (in brackets).

‘Every two days we create as much data as we did from the beginning of time until 2003’ (Marr, 2017, p. 1).

Reference list. This is placed at the end of your text. It gives the full details of the works you have referred to or cited.

‘Marr, B. (2017) Data strategy: How to profit from a world of big data, analytics and the Internet of things. New York: Kogan Page.

The important thing to remember when referencing is to be consistent with whatever style you are using.

The detailed referencing guide (see below) developed by the Library describes in detail the rules of the Harvard style, along with examples of references for the various information sources you will use including books, e-books, journal articles, newspapers, online videos etc.