Harvard referencing quick guide: Citing and referencing material

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Giddens, A. and Sutton, P.W. (2021). Sociology. 9th ed. Cambridge: Polity Press.

Robbins, S.P., Coulter, M.A. and De Cenzo, D.A. (2020). Fundamentals of management. 11th ed. Harlow: Pearson.

Book reference image

Chapter in an edited book

Use when referring to a single chapter in an edited book.

In-text citation Reference list
(Chapter author’s surname Year) Chapter author(s) surname(s), Initial(s). (Year of publication). Title of chapter. In: Book editor(s) surname(s), Initial(s)., followed by ed. or eds. Title of book: subtitle if any. Edition followed by ed. (if not the first edition) Place of publication: Publisher, page number(s) of chapter.
Example
(Bruen 2020) Bruen, M. (2020). River flows. In: Kelly-Quinn, M. and Reynolds, J., eds. Ireland’s rivers. Dublin: University College Dublin Press, pp.39-59.

Full edited book

Use when referring to the entire book

In-text citation Reference list
(Editor Year) Editor(s) surname(s), Initial(s)., followed by ed. or eds. (Year of publication). Title of book: subtitle if any. Edition followed by ed. (if not the first edition) Place of publication: Publisher.
Example
(Theaker 2012) Theaker, A., ed. (2012). The public relations handbook. Abingdon: Routledge.

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Journal article online

(Leighton et al.
2022)

Leighton S.C., Nieforth L.O. and O’Haire M.E. (2022). Assistance dogs for military veterans with PTSD: A systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-synthesis. PLoS ONE [online], 17(9), Article e0274960. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0274960 [accessed 24 November 2022].

E-book

In-text citation Reference list
(Author Year) Author(s) surname(s), Initial(s). (Year of publication). Title of e-book: subtitle if any [online]. Edition followed by ed. (if not the first edition) Place of publication (if any): Publisher. Available from: library database name, or URL if accessed online from somewhere other than a library database [accessed date].
Examples
(Levine and Munsch 2021) Levine, L.E. and Munsch, J. (2021). Child development: an active learning approach [online]. 4th ed. London: SAGE. Available from: https://books.google.ie/books?id=zlrZzQEACAAJ&dq [accessed 25 March 2022].
( Papagiannis 2020) Papagiannis, N. (2020). Effective SEO and content marketing: the ultimate guide for maximizing free web traffic [online]. Indianapolis: Wiley. Available from: EBSCOhost eBook Collection [accessed 25 March 2022].

Webpage

Material on the Web often falls into one of the material types already covered in this guide. Information published on the Web is not necessarily a webpage. In such cases, follow the instructions for the material type in question (e.g. research report, e-book).

In-text citation Reference list
(Author/Owner Year) Author/Owner of webpage. (Year created or last updated). Title of webpage [online]. Available from: URL [accessed date].
Example
(Dundalk Institute of Technology 2022) Dundalk Institute of Technology. (2022). Research support [online]. Available from: https://www.dkit.ie/research/research-support.html [accessed 25 March 2022]. 

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