Harvard citation style – All examples
In-text citations
Two or more works cited at one point in the text
If two or more works by different authors or authoring bodies are cited at one point in the text, use a semi-colon to separate them:
(Larsen 2000; Malinowski 1999)
The authors should be listed in alphabetical order.
Two or three authors or authoring bodies
When citing a work by two or three authors or authoring bodies, cite the names in the order in which they appear on the title page:
(Malinowski, Miller & Gupta 1995)
Block quotations
A block quote is a longer quote. It consists of more than about 30 words when using the author-date (Harvard) system:
It was stated that:
If any similiar qualitative research is to be undertaken in the future, then stringent controls should be put in place to ensure such statistical anomalies do not occur through lack of
methodological rigor, particularly through corruption of data inadequately stored and processes (Mullane 2006, p.66).
The actual quote is in slightly smaller font and idented from the left hand margin to distinguish it from the surrounding text.
In-text and reference list examples
Books & eBooks
Material Type In-Text Example Reference List Example
Book: single author (Holt 1997) or Holt (1997) wrote that... Holt, DH 1997, Management principles and practices, Prentice-Hall, Sydney.
Book: 2 or 3 authors (McCarthy, William & Pascale 1997) McCarthey, EJ, William, DP & Pascale, GQ 1997, Basic marketing, Irwin, Sydney.
Book: more than 3
authors (Bond et al. 1996) Bond, WR, Smith, JT, Brown, KL & George, M 1996, Management of small firms, McGraw-Hill, Sydney.
Book: no author (A history of Greece 1994) A history of Greece 1994, Irwin, Sydney.
Book: editor (ed. Jones 1998) Jones, MD (ed.) 1998, Management in Australia, Academic Press, London.
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, Harvard citation style – All examples
Book: 2 or more editors (eds Bullinger & Warnecke 1985) Bullinger, HJ & Warnecke HJ (eds) 1985, Toward the factory of the future, Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Book: translator & (trans. Smith 2006) Colorado, JA 2006, Economic theory in the Mexican context: recent developments on the ground, trans. K Smith,
author Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Book: organisation as (Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics 2001, Aquaculture development in Australia: a review of
author Economics 2001) key economic issues, ABARE, Canberra.
Book: chapter or 'A number of disturbing facts intrude' (Milkman Milkman, R 1998, 'The new American workplace:high road or low road?' in Workplaces of the future, eds P
article in edited book 1998, p. 25) Thompson & C Warhurst, Macmillan Press, London, pp. 22-34.
Book: edition other
than first (Drafke 2009) Drafke, M 2009, The human side of organizations, 10th edn, Pearson/Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, N.J.
Roget's thesarus of English words and phrases, 1987 (1852).
A simple reprint does not warrant specific mention. Where a work is reprinted in a different form, the original date of
Book: reprint in a (Roget's thesaurus of English words and phrases publication is generally placed in parentheses after the publication date of the reprint.
different form 1987)
Aghion, P & Durlauf, S (eds) 2005, Handbook of economic growth, Elsevier, Amsterdam. Available from: Elsevier
eBook (Aghion & Durlauf 2005) books. [4 November 2004].
eBook: chapter or
article in an edited 'Historical thinking is actually a Western White, H 2002, 'The westernization of world history' in Western historical thinking: an intercultural debate, ed J
eBook perspective' (White 2002, p. 112) Rusen, Berghahn Books, New York, pp. 111-119. Available from: ACLS Humanities E-Book. [14 May 2009].
Book: different works
by same author in same Bond, G 1991a, Business ethics, McGraw-Hill, Sydney.
year (Bond 1991a) (Bond 1991b) Bond, G 1991b, Corporate governance, Irwin, London.
The Macquarie Dictionary (2010)
Dictionary or (The Encyclopedia of Australian Architecture)
Encyclopedia Do not include in reference list
Journal Articles
Material Type In-Text Example Reference List Example
Jennings, P 1997, 'The performance and competitive advantage of small firms: a management
perspective', International Small Business Journal, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 63-75. Available from: The University of
CMO article (Jennings 1997) Western Australia Library Course Materials Online. [1 September 2004].
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In-text citations
Two or more works cited at one point in the text
If two or more works by different authors or authoring bodies are cited at one point in the text, use a semi-colon to separate them:
(Larsen 2000; Malinowski 1999)
The authors should be listed in alphabetical order.
Two or three authors or authoring bodies
When citing a work by two or three authors or authoring bodies, cite the names in the order in which they appear on the title page:
(Malinowski, Miller & Gupta 1995)
Block quotations
A block quote is a longer quote. It consists of more than about 30 words when using the author-date (Harvard) system:
It was stated that:
If any similiar qualitative research is to be undertaken in the future, then stringent controls should be put in place to ensure such statistical anomalies do not occur through lack of
methodological rigor, particularly through corruption of data inadequately stored and processes (Mullane 2006, p.66).
The actual quote is in slightly smaller font and idented from the left hand margin to distinguish it from the surrounding text.
In-text and reference list examples
Books & eBooks
Material Type In-Text Example Reference List Example
Book: single author (Holt 1997) or Holt (1997) wrote that... Holt, DH 1997, Management principles and practices, Prentice-Hall, Sydney.
Book: 2 or 3 authors (McCarthy, William & Pascale 1997) McCarthey, EJ, William, DP & Pascale, GQ 1997, Basic marketing, Irwin, Sydney.
Book: more than 3
authors (Bond et al. 1996) Bond, WR, Smith, JT, Brown, KL & George, M 1996, Management of small firms, McGraw-Hill, Sydney.
Book: no author (A history of Greece 1994) A history of Greece 1994, Irwin, Sydney.
Book: editor (ed. Jones 1998) Jones, MD (ed.) 1998, Management in Australia, Academic Press, London.
http://guides.is.uwa.edu.au/content.php?pid=43218&sid=318559 Last updated 23/10/2014
, Harvard citation style – All examples
Book: 2 or more editors (eds Bullinger & Warnecke 1985) Bullinger, HJ & Warnecke HJ (eds) 1985, Toward the factory of the future, Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Book: translator & (trans. Smith 2006) Colorado, JA 2006, Economic theory in the Mexican context: recent developments on the ground, trans. K Smith,
author Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Book: organisation as (Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics 2001, Aquaculture development in Australia: a review of
author Economics 2001) key economic issues, ABARE, Canberra.
Book: chapter or 'A number of disturbing facts intrude' (Milkman Milkman, R 1998, 'The new American workplace:high road or low road?' in Workplaces of the future, eds P
article in edited book 1998, p. 25) Thompson & C Warhurst, Macmillan Press, London, pp. 22-34.
Book: edition other
than first (Drafke 2009) Drafke, M 2009, The human side of organizations, 10th edn, Pearson/Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, N.J.
Roget's thesarus of English words and phrases, 1987 (1852).
A simple reprint does not warrant specific mention. Where a work is reprinted in a different form, the original date of
Book: reprint in a (Roget's thesaurus of English words and phrases publication is generally placed in parentheses after the publication date of the reprint.
different form 1987)
Aghion, P & Durlauf, S (eds) 2005, Handbook of economic growth, Elsevier, Amsterdam. Available from: Elsevier
eBook (Aghion & Durlauf 2005) books. [4 November 2004].
eBook: chapter or
article in an edited 'Historical thinking is actually a Western White, H 2002, 'The westernization of world history' in Western historical thinking: an intercultural debate, ed J
eBook perspective' (White 2002, p. 112) Rusen, Berghahn Books, New York, pp. 111-119. Available from: ACLS Humanities E-Book. [14 May 2009].
Book: different works
by same author in same Bond, G 1991a, Business ethics, McGraw-Hill, Sydney.
year (Bond 1991a) (Bond 1991b) Bond, G 1991b, Corporate governance, Irwin, London.
The Macquarie Dictionary (2010)
Dictionary or (The Encyclopedia of Australian Architecture)
Encyclopedia Do not include in reference list
Journal Articles
Material Type In-Text Example Reference List Example
Jennings, P 1997, 'The performance and competitive advantage of small firms: a management
perspective', International Small Business Journal, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 63-75. Available from: The University of
CMO article (Jennings 1997) Western Australia Library Course Materials Online. [1 September 2004].
http://guides.is.uwa.edu.au/content.php?pid=43218&sid=318559 Last updated 23/10/2014
