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‘A-Z’ citation style guide : Know the ‘bits’ and ‘pieces’ of the Harvard style

This entry was posted in Citation Style , on December 09 , 2021.

Dissertation is an essential part of a research journey. While a research scholar gives his/her best to craft a dissertation, critical factor such as plagiarism can ruin the entire work. In the era of information economy, one can easily have access to plenty of resources. However, including the information without falling into the plagiarism trap is next to impossible. While there are methods like rewriting, using quotation etc to avoid plagiarism, the most popular among them is citing the sources. Today, many styles are available out there that is used to cite the sources, and one among them is Harvard style.

Harvard style, developed by Harvard University is used widely by the academicians across the globe. Although it could arguably be deemed to be the ‘common style,’ it is mainly used in social science, humanities, business, and some of the science subjects. Harvard style can be quite confusing especially if you are a newbie to the style. We, with the help of writers offering dissertation help service, have enlisted the guidelines to be followed while citing different kinds of sources. 

  1. Book – Citing a book is very simple in Harvard format. The basic format to be followed while citing a book is as follows:
    • The page number must be included only if you are summarizing, paraphrasing, or quoting directly. (Lee 2005, p.45)
    • Bibliography details should be included in the following order: author’s surname and initial(s), year of publication, title of publication, edition (edn), publisher, place of publication
  2. Edited book collections – A book collection is a set of articles/chapters by different authors but are compiled by the editor(s).
    • To cite a specific article/chapter from edited book collection, cite the author(s) of the chapter in your text. (Lee 2005, p.45). However, if you want to cite the entire book collection, then refer to the editor(s) of the book collection in your text.         ( Bolton 2006)
    • Place the bibliography details in the following order:author’s surname and initial, year of publication, name of article, in, initial(s) and surname(s) of the editor(s), (eds) or (ed.), the name of the book collection, publisher, place of publication, page range
  3. Journal articles – To cite a journal article in print form,
    • Include the page numbers as you are paraphrasing, summarizing and quoting directly. (Lee 2005, p.49)
    • The bibliography details must be placed in the following order : Author’s surname and initial, year of publication, the title of the article, title of the journal, volume number (vol.), issue number (no.), article page range, DOI (Digital Object Identifier). 
  4. Unpublished sources ( thesis, manuscript etc) – To cite an unpublished material (thesis) accessed through a database,
    • Cite the name of the author, date and page number (Lee 2005, p. 65)
    • The bibliography details must be placed in the following manner: Author name and initial, year, thesis title, type of thesis (PhD, MA), institution, date accessed, from database name.
  5. Government publications – Even though you have referred government publications, you must cite such sources as well.
    • Cite the name of the sponsoring agency as the name of the author. (Department of Education, Science 1999)
    • Mention the name of the ministry that has issued the material. ( Department of Education, Science 1999, Annual Report 1998-1999, AGPA, Brazil)

However, if you have already implemented Harvard style in your dissertation but want to ensure that it is done in a right manner, consider hiring editors providing dissertation help service