A GUIDE TO REFERENCING with examples in the Harvard style

A Guide to Referencing 8
Collectively citing several sources
The author(s) is/are not known
Each source must be listed in the in-text citation and be separated by a
semi-colon. List different authors alphabetically and list the same authors by
publication dates (separated by a comma), with the earliest date coming
first.
In-text Citation Examples
The cyclical process (Cope & Mason 2001; Saunders, Lewis & Thornhill 2003;
Shannon 2003a, 2003b; Smith & Smith 2009) suggests we should …
Cope and Mason (2001), Saunders, Lewis and Thornhill (2003), Shannon (2003a,
2003b), and Smith and Smith (2009) all suggest that we should …
Citing oneself
If you want to re-use material from a previous assignment, you must cite
yourself in the same way you would for any other author.
In-text Citation Example
As mentioned in a previous assignment for Introduction to Organisational Behaviour
(Nguyen 2009), there are several different types of organisational behaviours.
Reference Example
Nguyen, LT 2009, ‘Individual paper part 1’, paper submitted 16 August for BUSM2301
Introduction to Organisational Behaviour, RMIT University, Vietnam.
If the author(s) is/are given, the in-text citation and the entry in the reference list
must begin with the family name(s) of the author(s).
In-text Citation Example
Reference Example with an Author
Emotional intelligence (Cherniss Cherniss, C 2000, ‘Emotional intelligence: what
2000) seems to be …
it is and why it matters’, The Consortium for
Emotional Intelligence, viewed 27 August 2007,
.
If the source does not have an author(s), but it does have an authoring
organisation, the in-text citation and the entry in the reference list should
begin with the name of the authoring organisation.
In-text Citation Example
Reference Example without an Author but
First in-text-citation:
with an Authoring Organisation
Managing government services Department of Finance and Administration
(Department of Finance &
(DOFA) 2006, Delivering Australian
Administration (DOFA) 2006) is … government services: managing multiple
channels, Commonwealth Publishing,
Subsequent in-text citations: Canberra, Australia.
… (DOFA 2006) …
Note: Check with your lecturer to see if he/she requires an entry in the list of references.