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HARVARD referencing in a nutshell
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in your textHarvard citations are in author-date format (Hickey, 2011, p. 177). You can also cite Silvia (2008, p. 59) as your source. The same format is used for repeat citations (Hickey, 2011, p. 62).
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at the end of your documentProvide a bibliography listing all the works cited in your text, with full references, in author-date format and in A-Z order:Barrett, S. (1997) Ten ways to avoid being quacked. Available at: https://quackwatch.org/related/avoid (Accessed: 1 August 2026).
Hickey, M.A. (2011) Get real: reality and mystery. Lanham, MD: University Press of America.
Nakahara, T. (2010) ‘Making up monsters: set and costume design in horror films’, in I. Conrich (ed.) Horror zone: the cultural experience of contemporary horror cinema. London: I.B. Tauris, pp. 139-152.
Silvia, P.J. (2008) ‘Interest: the curious emotion’, Current Directions in Psychological Science 17(1), pp. 57-60.The examples above are for a web page, a book, a chapter in a book, and a journal article.
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