Harvard Referencing Style Guide
Harvard is an author-date referencing system used widely in the UK, Australia, and GCC. Citations are embedded in the text using (Author, Year) format, with a complete alphabetical Reference List at the end of the document.
Harvard Referencing Style Reference Examples
Book Citation Format
Author, A.A. (Year) Title of book. Place of publication: Publisher. Example: Smith, J. (2023) Academic Writing Guide. London: Sage.
Journal Citation Format
Author, A.A. (Year) 'Title of article', Title of Journal, Volume(Issue), pp. page-range. Example: Jones, R. (2024) 'Statistical Methods', Journal of Education, 12(3), pp. 45-56.
Website Citation Format
Author/Organization (Year) Title of webpage. Available at: URL (Accessed: Date). Example: WHO (2026) Health Statistics. Available at: http://who.int (Accessed: 12 July 2026).
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