Harvard is one of the most widely used citation styles particularly in the social sciences and humanities. The basic format uses the author's last name and publication year separated by a comma. It includes a reference list at the end of the paper.
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In-text citation examples
Some general rules are the author's last names are presented first followed by the first name initial, your list should be in alphabetical order (A-Z), use double spacing, use hanging indentations on the second line of a source, capitalize the first letter of each word in the Academic Journal's name.
Journal articles (Online)
Author, A., and Author, B. (publication year). 'Title of the article' Title of Journal, volume number(issue number), pages. Available at: https://formatrexample.com/full/url/ (Accessed: Day Month Year).
Books
Author, A., Author, B. and Author, C. (publication year) Title of the work. Edition. City: Publisher.
Webpage
Author, A. (publication year) Title of the webpage. Available at: https://formatrexample.com/full/url/ (Accessed: Day Month Year).
Powerpoints
Author, A. (presentation year). 'Title of the presentation' [Lecture]. Course Code: Course title. University/Venue. Day Month.
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