As one of the commonly used citation formats in paper writing, the Harvard format gives many international students a headache, because most of them are not so clear about how to use the Harvard format. Today I will bring you a bunch of examples to teach you how to cite Harvard format!
Two basic types of Harvard format
Harvard is a citation format commonly used in academic paper writing by American college students. It mainly comes in two types.
One is the Harvard reference format (bibliography), the other is the Harvard citation format (in-text citations)
Harvard in-text citation format
According to [number of authors], Harvard citation formats can be divided into the following categories:
no author
an author
two or three authors
four or more authors
Publication date
According to [different dates], Harvard citation formats can be divided into the following categories:
Undated references
Multiple works by the same author in the same year
different versions of the same work
Citing secondary sources
When citing secondary sources, this means that the reference will have the original author and source. At this time, we must first state the reference used first, and then mark “cited in” and the original
Harvard reference format
books
Newspaper Articles vs. Journal Articles
chapter
e-book or PDF
Non-printed materials (movies\websites\TV shows)
All in all, Harvard reference formats vary from different sources. Therefore, students should pay attention to many details when using Harvard format. I hope that the above Harvard format examples will give everyone a more comprehensive understanding of the Harvard reference format.
