English How to Reference

Harvard Referencing System
Book
McDonald, T (2005) Boys of ’86: the Untold Story of West Ham United’s Greatest-Ever Season, London: Mainstream Publishing.
Surname, initial, (year of publication) title, place of publication: publisher.

Chapter in book
Johnson, S (1996) ‘The Cornflake in History’ in Jennings, N (ed.) Food for Thought, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
Surname, initial of the author of the article (year of publication) title of article, surname + initial of the author of the book where the article is found, title of book where the article is found, place of publication: publisher.

Article in journal
Jackson, M. (1993) ‘The Family as Unit: Failure and its Consequences’, Cultural Studies 11, 1:32-44.
Surname, name (year of journal publication), title of article, title of journal where article was published, volume (11) & number of journal (1): the article was published on these page numbers in the journal

Article in newspaper
Ratner, C (1998) ‘Magazine sparks love feud’, The Independent, 10 October 1998, Thursday Review section: 14.
Surname, initial (year of publication) title of article, name of newspaper, date of newspaper publication, section of newspaper where article is found: page number

Article from the internet (wherever possible identify the author)
Holmes, A. (1998) ‘Greenpeace wins media war’, at http://www.independent.co.uk/international/green25.htm (Accessed: 25 November 1998).
Surname, initial, (year of publication), title of article, website address (date you visited the site)

If you can’t identify the author
BBC Online (1998) ‘Radical autumn shake-up’, at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10276.htm (accessed: 8 December 1998).
Name of website (year of publication) title of article, website address, (date you visited the site)

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