30 January 2008

Harvard Referencing System

Introduction

The Harvard style is the most commonly-used style of referencing worldwide. Unfortunately, it is not 'owned' by any institution or organisation, so no authority sets the rules. This means they have been interpreted slightly differently by different institutions. These webpages recommend a version taken from the British Standard, but you should check with your department to see if they recommend something slightly different.

You can either include:

and if you include this, you must also include

Or you can just provide a full bibliography - check with you School regarding their requirements.

Below is a checklist of the details you need to include for the common types of material cited. The layout and formatting should be exactly as it is shown, though if you do vary it, you should remain consistent throughout your bibliography:

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Archive/Special Collection manuscript
FAMILY NAME, INITIAL(S). Date. Title [material type]. Collection, shelfmark. Library, City, County

COLVIL, S. c.1680. The Mock poem, I-II [manuscript]. Brotherton Collection, MS Lt 1. Leeds University Library, Leeds, West Yorkshire

Blog
FAMILY NAME, INITIAL(S). Year. Title of blog entry. Date blog entry written. Title of Blog [online]. [Date accessed]. Available from World Wide Web: <URL>

NEWTON, A. 2007. Newcastle toolkit. 16 January 2007. Angela Newton: Blog [online]. [Accessed 23 February 2007]. Available from World Wide Web: <http://elgg.leeds.ac.uk/libajn/weblog/>

Books (one or more authors)
Take the information from the title page and the reverse of the title page:
FAMILY NAME, INITIAL(S). Year. Title. City of publication: Publisher

ADAMS, A. D. 1906. Electric transmission of water power. New York: McGraw

Books (edited)
Write (ed) or (eds) after the editor's name(s):
FAMILY NAME, INITIAL(S). (ed). Year. Title. City of publication: Publisher

CRANDELL, K.A. (ed). 1999. The Evolution of HIV. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press

Books (electronic)
FAMILY NAME, INITIAL(S). Year. Title. City of publication: Publisher. [ Date accessed]. Available from World Wide Web: <URL>

McROBBIE, A. 1998. British fashion design : rag trade or image industry? London: Routledge. [Accessed 31 May 2006]. Available from World Wide Web:
<http://leeds.etailer.dpsl.net/Home/html/moreinfo.asp?isbn=0203168011>

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Census statistics
DEPOSITOR, Title [computer file]. ESRC/JISC Census Programme, Census Data Support Unit, University in which the unit is based.

OFFICE FOR NATIONAL STATISTICS, 2001 Census: Standard Area Statistics (England and Wales) [computer file]. ESRC/JISC Census Programme, Census Dissemination Unit, MIMAS (University of Manchester)

Chapters in edited books
Use the title page and reverse title page of the book and the chapter heading itself:
FAMILY NAME, INITIAL(S). Year. Chapter title. In: Initial(s) FAMILY NAME OF EDITOR(S), (eds). Title of book. City of publication: Publisher. Page number of your quotation

COFFIN, J. M. 1999. Molecular Biology of HIV. In: K.A. CRANDELL, (ed). The Evolution of HIV, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, pp.2-10.

CD-ROM
Use the accompanying material:
Title. Year. [CD-ROM]. City of publication: Publisher.

Who's who 1897-1998. 1998. [CD-ROM] London: Oxford University Press.

Command papers

GREAT BRITAIN. Department/Committee. Year. Title. (Command no). HMSO: London

GREAT BRITAIN. Criminal Law Revision Committee. 1984. Fifteenth Report: Sexual Offences. (Cmnd 9213). HMSO: London

N.B. Check what abbreviation is required for Command, as this is different for different historical periods.

Conference papers and proceedings
Use the title page and reverse title page of the full proceedings and the headings for the paper:
FAMILY NAME, INITIAL(S). Year. Title of paper. In: Editor(s) of conference proceedings if known. Title of conference, date of conference, location of conference. Place of publication: publisher. Page number(s)

ROBERTSON, J. 1986. The economics of local recovery. In: The Other Economic Summit, 17/18 April 1986, Tokyo. London: The Other Economic Summit, pp.5-10

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Congress Hearing (U.S.)
U.S. HOUSE. Committee. Title. Hearing, date. Washington: Government Printing Office, Year

U.S. HOUSE. Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities. Child care and child welfare. Hearing, 3 February 1995. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1995

Dance - live performance
CHOREOGRAPHER. Premiere date. Title.[Date seen and where].

ASHTON, F. 1940. Dante Sonata, The Royal Ballet [performance viewed 10 July 2004, Lincoln Centre, New York]

Dance - video
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER. Year published or first transmission. Title of video or programme [type of medium e.g. video], Production company or Publisher [further details to identify dance works]

LOCKYER, B. dir. 1979. Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet [video for television transmission], BBC TV. in association with R.M. Productions Munich [Les Patineurs, Ashton; Pineapple Poll, Cranko]

Electronic discussion lists
FAMILY NAME, INITIAL(S). Year. Title. Date added. Available from: Discussion group title [Date accessed]

CRANSHAW, L. 2001. Nature license for 2001 and beyond: can your institution afford it? 6 Feb 2001. Available from: lis e-journals [Accessed 21 March 2002]

Email communications
FAMILY NAME, INITIAL(S). Title. [online]. Message to: Recipient. Date sent. [Date accessed]. Personal communication

PRITCHARD, S. Your request for Information about ISO Standards. [online]. Message to: Margaret MORRISON. 18 February 2005. [Accessed 3 March 2005]. Personal communication

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Eprints and preprints

FAMILY NAME, INITIAL(S). Year. Title of article. Journal title, Volume (issue number), page numbers. Prefix.Eprint number

KLEINBLOCK, D. and G. MARGULIS. 1998. Flows of homogenous spaces and Diophantine approximation on manifolds. Annals of Mathematics, 148 (2), pp.339-360. ArXiv:math.NT/9810036

E.U. COM documents
Title, COM (last 2 digits of the year)serial number, final

Proposal for a Council directive establishing a European Guarantee Fund to promote cinema and television production, COM (95)546, final

E.U. legislation

Institutional origin (e.g. Commission/ Council) form (e.g. Regulation, directive, decision) institutional treaty (e.g. EEC/EC, ECSC, Euratom) Unique number/ last 2 digits of year of enactment on date passed on title of legislation

Council Regulation (EC) No. 2078/2 of 30 June 1992 on agricultural production methods compatible with the requirements of the protection of the environment and the maintenance of the countryside

Film or video
Title. Material designation. Subsidiary originator (director is preferred). Production details - place: organisation. Year.

Chicken Run. Animated film. Directed by Peter LORD and Nick PARK. Bristol: Aardman. 2000.

Film transcript
FAMILY NAME, INITIAL(S). Year. Title. [Location of transcript]. City

COBBAN, W. and B. CAMERON. 1998. Mountie: Canada's mightiest myth [National Film Board of Canada documentary transcript]. Montreal

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Government departmental circular (U.K)
GREAT BRITAIN. Office, Department. Year. Title. Circular distributed: date. Office: London

GREAT BRITAIN. Home Office, Lord Chancellor's Department and Department of Health. (Undated). Child witness pack. Circular distributed 10 May 1993. Home Office: London

Hansard

HANSARD (House). Date, column numbers

HANSARD (Commons). 27 November 1986, columns 506-7

Illustration
ORIGINATOR. Year. Title. Material type, location.

GOSSE, S. 1912. The garden, Rowlandson House. Etching and aquatint, At: London: British Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings. Register number 1915-27-41.

Image (Online)
ORIGINATOR. Year. Title of image [online]. [Date accessed]. Available from World Wide Web: <url of site>

NEWRY INSTITUTE. 2002. Current student [online]. [Accessed 4th December 2002]. Available from World Wide Web: <http://www.nkifhe.ac.uk/>

Interview
FAMILY NAME, INITIAL(S). Year. [Personal communication]. Date interview conducted

SCHAIE, K. 1993. [Personal communication]. 18 April

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Interview (taped)
FAMILY NAME, INITIAL(S). Year. Interview with the author on Date. City. [Cassette recording in possession of author]

SMUTS, D. 1987. Interview with the author on 4 August 1987. Cape Town. [Cassette recording in possession of author]

Journal article
Use the title page of the journal volume or issue and the article:
FAMILY NAME, INITIAL(S). Year. Title of article. Journal title. Volume (issue number), page number of your quotation

WALKER, J R. 1998. Citing serials: online serial publications and citation systems. Serials-Librarian, 33 (3/4), pp.343-356.

Journal article (electronic)
Use information from the web site and the article:
FAMILY NAME, INITIAL(S). Year. Title of article. Journal title [online]. Volume (issue number) [Date accessed], page number of your quotation. Available from World Wide Web: <url of site>

ROYALL, C.P., B.L.THIEL, and A.M. DONALD, 2001. Radiation damage of water in environmental scanning electron microscopy. Journal of Microscopy [online]. 204 (3), [Accessed 9th May 2002], p.185. Available from World Wide Web: <http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/>

Law report
Law reports do not form part of the Harvard system of citations, the examples below are accepted ways of referencing law reports.

If the year is crucial to identify the report, enclose it in square brackets e.g.
Parties in the case [Year] Abbreviation of law report Page

Jones v. Smith [1934] All ER 123

If the law report has a volume number, and so the year is not crucial to find the case, enclose the year in round brackets e.g.
Parties in the case (Year) volume number Abbreviation of law report Page

R. v. Williams (1992) 2 WLR 321

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Lecture notes

FAMILY NAME, INITIAL(S). Year of presentation. Lecture title, lecture notes distributed in the topic module code (capitalised) title of module. Teaching organisation, the location on date. Do not use italics.

VOLTMER, K. 2006. 'Politicians and the press: Models of interaction', lecture notes distributed in the topic COMM5610 Politics and the Media. Leeds University, Man-Made Fibres Building on 17 April.

Major reference works
Editor and publisher of a well-known reference work can be omitted, but cite the page numbers consulted:
T itle.Year. s.v. Section heading, page number of your quotation (NB: sub-verbo, this means 'look under' and directs the reader to find it under another heading, in this case the section)

New Encyclopaedia Britannica. 1988. s.v. Microradiography, 15th ed. p.1374

Map
ORIGINATOR'S SURNAME, INITIAL(S). Year. Title, scale. City: Publisher

MASON, J. 1832. Map of the countries lying between Spain and India, 1:8,000,000. London: Ordnance Survey

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Microform
FAMILY NAME, INITIAL(S). Year. Title [Medium]. Available: Title of microform collection: reel number/ fiche number

ADSON, J. 1621. Courtly masquing ayres, composed to 5. and 6. parts, for violins, consorts, and cornets [Microfilm]. Available: Early English books, 1475-1640: 906:1

Mintel report
MINTEL MARKETING INTELLIGENCE. (Year). Title. City of publication: Publisher

MINTEL MARKETING INTELLIGENCE. (1998). Designerwear: Mintel Marketing Report. London: Mintel International Group

Music (published)
ORIGINATOR. Year. Title. Subsidiary originator. City of publication: Publisher.

BRITTAIN, B. 1980. Eight folk songs arrangements for high voice and harp. Osain ELLIS, (ed). London: Faber Music.

Newspaper article
FAMILY NAME, INITIAL(S). Title of article. Year. Newspaper title, date, page number of your quotation

WEBSTER, B. New speed camera puts more drivers in the frame. 2006. Times, 24 May, p.1

Newspaper cartoon
CARTOONIST. Year. "Title of cartoon." Newspaper title. Date, Page

BELL, S. 2006. "The alleged al-Qaida threat to Los Angeles". Guardian. 10 February 2006, p.29

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Organisation report
ORGANISATION. (Unpublished, year). Title. Report dated date

NSPCC. (Unpublished, 1988) NSPCC submission to the Home Office Advisory Group on the admissibility of video recorded interviews. Report dated September 1988

Painting
ARTIST. Year. Title, material type, measurements. Art Gallery, City.

VAN GOGH, V. 1888. Sunflowers, oil on canvas, 92.1 x 73 cm. National Gallery, London

Parliamentary act (U.K.)
Title Year: Monarch. Chapter. The Stationery Office, Year

Access to Justice Act 1999: Elizabeth II. Chapter 22. The Stationery Office, 1999

Patents and patent applications
This information is found on the title page of the patent:
NAME OF ORIGINATOR. Year. Title of patent document. Patent code. Patent number

PHILIP MORRIS INC. 1981. Optical perforating apparatus and system. European patent application 0021165 A1. 1981-01-07.

Press release
ORGANISATION. Year. Title. Press release, issued date

NSPCC. 1993. NSPCC launches justice for children campaign. Press release, issued 17 March 1993

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Senate report (U.S.)
U.S. SENATE. Committee. Title. (Report number). Washington: Government Printing Office, Year

U.S. SENATE. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Franklin D. Roosevelt's Family Lands: Report together with minority views (to accompany s. 134). (S. Rpt. 104-32). Washington: Government Printing Office, 1995

Sound recording
ORIGINATOR. Year. Title. Place of publication and Name of publisher (separated by a colon). Ref No. Sound type medium. Length.

THE COASTERS. 1958. Sorry but I'm gonna (sic) have to pass. New York: WEA International Inc. A4591C. Stereo Audiocassette, 3min.

Standards
This information is found on the title page of the standard:
AUTHOR OF STANDARD.
Year. Standard Number and Year (separated by a colon). Title of standard. Place of publication and Name of publisher (separated by a colon).

BRITISH STANDARDS INSTITUTION. 1990. BS5605:1990. Recommendations for citing and referencing published material. Milton Keynes: BSI.

Television advertisement
COMPANY/PRODUCT. Year produced. Description of advert (duration). Television advertisement, channel. Screened dates

COCA COLA. 2006. Santa handing bottles of coke to a girl every year at Christmas until she turns into a woman (30 secs). Television advertisement, ITV3. Screened 01/12/2006-25/12/2006.

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Television broadcast
Series title and number and title of episode. Transmitting organisation and channel, full date and time of transmission.

Prison Break, Episode 210, Rendezvous. TV, Five, 2007 March 19. 22.00 hrs.

Theatre performance (devised production)
FAMILY NAME, INITIAL(S)/PRODUCTION COMPANY. Year. Title, performer, director. International tour: Theatre company

ODIN TEATRET. 1990. The Castle of Hostelbro, perf. Julia VARNEY, dir. Eugenio BARBA. International tour: Nordisk Teaterlaboratorium/ Teatro Tascabile

Theatre performance (production of an authored play)
FAMILY NAME, INITIAL(S). Year. Title, director, theatre: theatre company. First performance: Date performance started

SHAKESPEARE, W. 1989. Pericles, Prince of Tyre, dir. David THACKER, The Swan in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warks: Royal Shakespeare Company. First performance: 6 September 1989

Theses and dissertations
Use the title page of the thesis:
FAMILY NAME, INITIAL(S). Year. Title. Type of qualification, academic institution

GILL, M.R. 1997. The relationship between the physical properties of human articular cartilage and tissue biochemistry and ultrastructure. Ph.D. thesis, University of Leeds.

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Unpublished documents
If unsure of the date, make a sensible guess and use a question mark:
FAMILY NAME, INITIAL(S). Year. Title. Unpublished.

FENDELL, R. 1985? Training and management for primary healthcare. Unpublished.

Website with author
Take the information from the webpage itself or the associated homepage - use the title bar and the credits at the bottom of the page, your own date of viewing the page and insert the words [online] and Available from World Wide Web:
FAMILY NAME, INITIAL(S). Year. Title [online]. [Date accessed]. Available from World Wide Web : <url of site>

HAWKING, S.
2000. Professor Stephen Hawking's website [online]. [Accessed 9th May 2002]. Available from World Wide Web: <http://www.hawking.org.uk/home/hindex.html>

Website with no author
Take the information from the webpage itself or the associated homepage - use the title bar and the credits at the bottom of the page, your own date of viewing the page and insert the words [online] and Available from World Wide Web:
Title of website.Year as appearing on site [online]. [Date accessed]. Available from World Wide Web : <url of site>

Feminist Collections A Quarterly of Women's Studies Resources. 2002. [online]. [Accessed 9th May 2002]. Available from World Wide Web: <http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/WomensStudies/fcmain.htm>

Wikis
WIKI NAME. Date. Title of article [online]. [Date accessed]. Available from World Wide Web:<url of site>

WIKIPEDIA. 2007. Socrates [online]. [Accessed 23rd January 2007]. Available from World Wide Web:<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Socrates&action=history>

YouTube video
SCREEN NAME. Year. Title [online]. [Date Accessed]. Available from World Wide Web: <URL>

YANGSTER391991. 2007. Kunfu mix wit breakdance!!! [online]. [Accessed 23 February 2007]. Available from World Wide Web: <http://youtube.com/watch?v=qMZoZsRZxKY>

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