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Referencing: Harvard Referencing

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Harvard Referencing Guides

Reference: 
Title Year of Production, Format, Distributor, Place. Special credits or other information. 
In-text citations:
(Title in italics Year).

Title: Caplitalise the first letter and put it in italics. 

Year of production: is often the same as the Copyright year and will usually be found on the DVD cover, on IMDB and in the credits. 

Format. Usually this will be DVD

Distributor: this is usually a company name, Capitalise each word because it is a title i.e. Madman. 

Place: this is the location where the production/distribution company is registered. 

Special credits of other information: if you think your teacher will need more information to tell exactly which version you used include it here. 

 

 

 
Title - first letter uppercase and in italics.2013DVDHopscotch EntertainmentAustraliaStarring Cate Blanchett and Alec Baldwin and directed by Woody Allen.
Last name, First initial. (Year published). Title. Edition. (Only include the edition if it is not the first edition) City published: Publisher, Page(s).
Websites with no authors: 
Title of Webpage Year it was last updated, Sponsoring body/organisation, date accessed in day month year format , <URL inside greater and lesser symbols>.
Websites for organisations: 

Name of organisation year of posting, title of webpage, Sponsoring body, place, Date accessed in day month year format, <URL inside greater and lesser symbols>.

Last name, First initial. (Year published). Article Title. Journal, [online] Volume(Issue), pages. Available at: URL [Accessed Day Mo. Year].

Harvard Referencing Books

Each of these formats is referenced slightly differently

Artwork or image

  • Image of artwork with creator - online
  • Image of artwork without creator - online
  • Artwork reproduced in a book with author
  • Art exhibition
  • Art exhibition - single artist
  • Art exhibition - catalogue
  • Artwork in a collection
  • Image from a magazine or newspaper without creator
  • Image, Creative Commons
  • Image with creator - online
  • Image without creator - online

Audiovisual material

  • Digital music - Creative Commons
  • Digital music - download
  • Digital music - website
  • Film
  • Music recording - CD
  • Music score
  • Radio program
  • Television recording - part of series or ongoing series
  • Television recording - single program
  • Digital library - part of series or ongoing series
  • Digital library - single program

Book or encyclopedia - printed

  • Book with one author
  • Book with two or three authors
  • Book with more than three authors
  • Book without author
  • Book without date
  • Book 2nd or later edition
  • Book with editor, reviser or compiler
  • Book with more than three editors
  • Article or chapter with author
  • Article or chapter without author
  • Cited in
  • Bible
  • Translated
  • Encyclopedia with author or editor
  • Encyclopedia without author or editor

eBook

  • eBook with author
  • eBook with two or three authors
  • eBook without author
  • eBook from database with author
  • eBook from database without author
  • eBook from database with editor
  • eBook accessed via an eReader
  • eBook translated
  • Encyclopedia
  • Government and legal materials
  • Act of Parliament
  • Bills
  • Case Law
  • Government agency report
  • Media release
  • Parliamentary Debates
  • Parliamentary Papers
  • Parliamentary Research Paper

Performance

  • Dance
  • Music
  • Play
  • Presentation or speech

Periodical article - database

  • Newspaper article with author
  • Newspaper article without author
  • Magazine or journal article with author
  • Magazine or journal article with two or three authors
  • Magazine or journal article without author

Periodical article - printed

  • Newspaper article with author
  • Newspaper article without author
  • Magazine or journal article with author
  • Magazine or journal article with two or three authors
  • Magazine or journal article without author

Periodical article - website

  • Newspaper article with author
  • Newspaper article without author
  • Magazine or journal article with author
  • Magazine or journal article without author

Social media

  • Blog with author
  • Blog with username
  • Discussion group or listserv
  • Facebook, Twitter
  • Wiki

Special publication or material

  • Advertisement
  • Brochure, pamphlet, leaflet, newsletter or programme
  • Computer application
  • Figure, table or graph
  • Lesson notes, handout, PowerPoint presentation
  • Map
  • Interview, email, telephone conversation, letter
  • Survey or questionnaire - printed
  • Survey or questionnaire - created online
  • Unpublished material

Website

  • Australian Bureau of Statistics
  • Figure, table or graph
  • Map
  • PDF with author
  • PDF with two or three authors
  • PDF without author
  • Podcast or vodcast
  • Radio or television transcript
  • Webpage with author
  • Webpage with two or three authors
  • Webpage without author
  • Webpage, Organisation
  • YouTube