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List of References: Harvard

A list of references is generally provided for academic work, and contains details only of those

works actually cited in the document. Sometimes the term Bibliography is used; however this

refers to a list of related source material that is not necessarily cited in the document.

Remember:

• A list of references should appear on a separate sheet of paper at the end of an assignment

and is generally titled References.

• This list contains bibliographic details of every work cited in your assignment.

• The list must be arranged alphabetically by authors’ surnames. If there is more than one

work by the same author, then arrange chronologically i.e. earlier publication dates before

later dates.

• All reference sources (e.g. books, journal articles, websites etc.) are listed together in one

continuous reference list.

• Correct punctuation is important.

• Note minimal capitalisation of book titles and maximal capitalisation of journal titles.

Example:

Reference List

ABC 2010, The Drum, analysis and views on the issues of the day, viewed 13

January 2010, <http://www.abc.net.au/thedrum/>

Becher, T 1990, ‘The counter culture of specialisation’, European Journal of

Education, vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 330-6.

Bourassa, SD 1999, ‘Effects of child care on young children’, Proceedings of

the third annual meeting of the International Society for Child Psychology,

International Society for Child Psychology, Atlanta, Georgia, pp. 44-6.

Conner, ML 2004, Ageless learners: andragogy and pedagogy, viewed 19

October, 2007, <http://agelesslearner.com/intros/andragogy.html>

Dawson, P 2004, Creative writing and the new humanities, Routledge, London.

Department of Health and Aged Care 1999, Hepatitis C: a review of Australia’s

response, report prepared by D Lowe & R Cotton, DHAC, Canberra.

Dr Brain thinking games 1988, CD-ROM, Knowledge Adventure Inc., Torrance,

California.

Health Promotion Committee 2000, The funding of anti-smoking campaigns,

Department of Health, Brisbane.

Izzard, J 2010, ‘A groggy history’, Quadrant, December 2009, no.462, vol.LIII,

Quadrant Magazine Limited, Balmain.

Website

Journal article

Published

conference

proceedings

Document within

a website

Book - one author

Consultants’

report

CD-ROM

Documents

produced for a govt.

agency

Magazine

If a book, or a journal

article or a document

on a website has no

author, bring the title

of the book, article or

document to the front.

Lincoln, M 2009, ‘Ethical behaviour in the information age’, Knowledge Quest,

vol. 37, 5, pp. 34-7, viewed 13 January 2010, Proquest 5000 database.

Richardson, L 2005, ‘Writing: a method of inquiry’, in N Denzin & Y Lincoln

(eds) Handbook of qualitative research, Sage, Thousand Oaks, CA.

Rothman, J, Erlich, J & Tropman, J (eds) 2001, Strategies of Community

Intervention, 6th edn, Peacock Publishers, Itasca, Ilinois.

Smith, L 2003, Study guide: An introduction to academic writing, Southern Cross

University, Lismore, NSW.

Still, J & Worton, M 2000, Intertextuality, Manchester University Press,

Manchester.

Sunday too far away 1975, motion picture, South Australian Film Corporation,

Adelaide.

Tartan, L 2010, ‘Little penguin houses’, 7 December 2009, Sorrow at Sills Bend:

Blog, viewed 13 January, 2010,

<http://allordinary2.blogspot.com/http://allordinary2.blogspot.com/>

The search for meaning, 2010, radio program, ABC Radio National, Sydney, 11

January.

Towers, K 2000, ‘Doctor not at fault: coroner’, Australian, 18 January, p. 3. Note: If a newspaper article has no apparent author, provide all details in the in-text

citation; no entry is then required in the reference list. For example,

… (Sydney Morning Herald 24 January 2000, p. 12).

… in the Sydney Morning Herald (24 January 2000, p. 12).

The University of Melbourne Library, 2010,Harvard (Author/Date) Style,

viewed 13 January 2010, <http://www.lib.unimelb.edu.au/cite/harvard_dis/>

This example of a reference list has been constructed using guidelines and examples from:

Snooks & Co. (eds) 2002, Style manual for authors, editors and printers, 6th edn, Wiley & Sons,

Australia.

Electronic

Journal article

on a database

Chapter in an

edited book

Edited book

University

Study Guide

Book with two

authors

Movie

Blog

Radio program

Newspaper

Website

(for more on

referencing)

Check with your school (or your UIG) to find out the system of referencing you are required to use.