A GUIDE TO REFERENCING with examples in the Harvard style

Format Reference List In-text Citation
Thesis/Dissertation
Family Name of Author,
Initial(s) Year of completion
of thesis/dissertation, ‘Title
of thesis/dissertation’,
Award, Name of Institution,
Location of Institution,
viewed day month year,
Database Name or .
La, KV 2005, ‘Customer loyalty in webbased
retailing’, PhD thesis, RMIT University,
Melbourne, viewed 14 November 2007,
ADT database.
La, KV 2005, ‘Customer loyalty in webbased
retailing’, PhD thesis, RMIT University,
Melbourne, viewed 14 November 2007,
.
Retailing of goods on the Internet has increased
significantly in recent years (La 2005).
La (2005) explores the relationship between ...
Retaining customer loyalty is essential for retail
success (La 2005).
La (2005) maintains that …
Transcript
radio program/episode
with presenter(s)
Family Name(s) of
Presenter(s), Initial(s) Year
of broadcast, ‘Title of
episode’, Title of program,
radio episode transcript,
Name of Broadcaster,
Place of Broadcast,
day month of broadcast,
viewed day month year,
Database Name or .
Mascall, S 2005, ‘Are we hardwired for
creativity?’, The nature of innovation, radio
episode transcript, ABC Radio Australia,
Melbourne,14 February, viewed 3 February
2010,
.
Mascall (2005) stated that in 1967 Edward de Bono
invented the term ‘lateral thinking’.
Lateral thinking is ‘where the brain jumps from main
tracks of thought to sidetracks’ (Mascall 2005).
Transcript
radio program/episode
without presenter(s)
with an authoring
organisation
Name of Authoring
Organisation (Acronym, if
applicable) Year of
broadcast, Title of program,
radio program transcript,
Name of Broadcaster,
Place of Broadcast, day
month of broadcast, viewed
day month year, Database
Name or .
British Broadcasting Commission (BBC)
2006, BBC classical music, radio program
transcript, BBC Radio, London, 16 October,
viewed 27 October 2006,
.
First in-text citation:
A variety of music available on radio (British
Broadcasting Commission (BBC) 2006) is a great
resource for …
The British Broadcasting Commission’s (BBC)
(2006), music program, BBC classical music, has
proved to be very popular with the over 65s.
Subsequent in-text citations:
A recently broadcast program (BBC 2006) shows
how ...
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