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Harvard referencing

This guide introduces the Harvard referencing style and includes examples of citations.
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Referencing images

If you include a photograph or diagram for example in your text you should include a reference underneath the item as well as in your list of references at the end of your work.

Reference order:

  1. Author of book (surname or family name
  2. before initials)
  3. Year of publication (in round brackets)
  4. Title of book (in italics)
  5. Place of publication: Publisher
  6. Page reference

In-text example:
Field’s diagram is useful in its summary of the links between the main
components of the research process (Field, 2009, p. 3).

Reference example:
Field, A. (2009) Discovering statistics using SPSS, 3rd edn. 
London: Sage Publications Ltd., p. 3, fig.

If you include a photograph or diagram for example in your text you should include a reference underneath the item as well as in your list of references at the end of your work.

Reference order:

  1. Photographer (surname or family name before initials)
  2. Year (in round brackets)
  3. Title of photograph (in italics)
  4. [Photograph]
  5. Place of publication: Publisher (if available)

In-text example:
The work illustrates the human connection with
the natural world (Magee, 2009).

Reference example:
Magee, J. (2009) Phishing II [Photograph].
Cardiff: Ffotogallery at Turner House.

If you include a photograph or diagram for example in your text you should include a reference underneath the item as well as in your list of references at the end of your work.

Reference order:

  1. Photographer (surname or family name before initials)
  2. Year of publication (in round brackets)
  3. Title of photograph (in italics)
  4. Available at: URL
  5. Accessed: date (in round brackets)

In-text example:
This bold image (Knight, 1986) was commissioned by…..

Reference example:
Knight, N. (1986) Red coat. Available at:
http:// collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O128940/photograph-red- coat/
(Accessed: 21 July 2010).

If you include a photograph or diagram for example in your text you should include a reference underneath the item as well as in your list of references at the end of your work.

Reference order:

  1. Photographer
  2. Year of publication (in round brackets)
  3. Title of photograph (in italics)
  4. Title of online collection (in italics)
  5. Available at: URL
  6. Accessed: date (in round brackets)

In-text example:
The power in Algo’s photo (2005) is in its simplicity.

Reference example:
Algo (2005) Holding on. Flickr. Available at:
http:// www.flickr.com/photos/algo/41942696/in/
set-72057594138446566/ (Accessed: 21 July 2010).

Referencing film & video

 

Reference order:

  1. Title of film (in italics - important words capitalised)
  2. Year of distribution: (in round brackets)
  3. Directed by:
  4. Format: [Film]
  5. Place of distribution: Distribution company

In-text example:
Films are able to draw on events and experiences of the past which
impact resonantly today (Good Night, and Good Luck, 2005).

Reference example:
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) Directed by George Clooney [Film].
United States: Warner Independent Pictures.

 

Reference order:

  1. Title of film: (in italics - important words capitalised)
  2. Year of distribution: (in round brackets)
  3. Directed by:
  4. Format: [DVD - in square brackets]
  5. Place of distribution: Distribution company

In-text example:
The medium of film has the potential to surpass the impact of the
written word. Slumdog Millionaire (2009), for example, …

Reference example:
Slumdog Millionaire (2009) Directed by Danny Boyle [DVD].
United States: Foxsearchlight Pictures.

 

Reference order:

  1. Author i.e. name of person or group posting video
  2. Year video posted: (in round brackets)
  3. Title of film or programme: (in italics)
  4. Format: [Video - in square brackets]
  5. Available at: URL
  6. Date accessed: (in round brackets)

This reference order can be used for all online films no
matter what sharing platform is used (YouTube, Vimeo, TedTalk etc).

In-text example:
Matisse considered the chapel to be his greatest achievement
(Misterulster, 2010).

Reference example:
MisterUlster (2010) 20100510 BBC Matisse [Video]
Available at: https://vimeo.com/248969415
(Accessed: 25 May 2023).

 

 

Reference order:

  1. Title of film: (in italics - important words capitalised)
  2. Year of distribution: (in round brackets)
  3. Directed by:
  4. Available at: name of steaming service 
  5. Date accessed: (in round brackets)

This reference order can be used for all catch-up
(BoB, BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 etc. ) or
subscription (Apple, Disney, Netflix, Prime etc.)
streaming services.

In-text example:
Koreeda was a deserving winner of the 2018 Palme d'Or
for Shoplifters (2018).

Reference example:
Shoplifters (2018) Directed by Hirokazu Koreeda.
Japan: GAGA Pictures. Available at: BoB (Accessed: 18 May 2021).

Reference where the vidcast / vodcast was displayed for download.

Reference order:

  1. Author: (surname or family name before initials)
  2. Year that the vidcast/vodcast was posted: (in round brackets)
  3. Title of vidcast: (in single quotation marks)
  4. Title of Internet site: (in italics)
  5. Format: [in square brackets - Vidcast/vodcast]
  6. Day/month of posted vidcast/vodcast
  7. Available at: URL
  8. Date accessed: (in round brackets)

In-text example:
The inaugural lecture was very interesting (Wheeler, 2009).

Reference example:
Wheeler, Professor Nick. (2009) ‘Nuclear abolition:
Trust- building’s greatest challenge?’
David Davies Memorial Institute, Aberystwyth University [Vidcast].
9 March. Available at: http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/interpol/research/research- centres-and-institutes/ddmi/publications/audio-video/
(Accessed: 2 November 2012).

Referencing television programmes & series

 

Reference order:

  1. Title of programme (in italics - all important words in capitals)
  2. Year of transmission (in round brackets)
  3. Name of channel
  4. Date of transmission (day/month)

In-text example:
Apparently, a trick of the light can both wake you up and keep you asleep
(10 Things You Need to Know About Sleep, 2009).

Reference example:
10 Things You Need to Know About Sleep (2009)
BBC One Television, 12 May.

 

Reference order:

  1. Title of episode: (in single quotation marks)
  2. Year of transmission: (in round brackets)
  3. Title of programme: (in italics - all important words in capitals)
  4. Series and episode numbers
  5. Name of channel
  6. Date of transmission: (day/month)

In-text example:
Tyrion Lannister perhaps sums up the appeal of Game of Thrones,
when in the final episode he says: “There’s nothing more
powerful in the world than a good story” (‘The iron throne’, 2019).

Reference example:
‘The iron throne’ (2019) Game of Thrones, Series 8, episode 6.
Sky Atlantic Television, 19 May.

 

Reference order:

  1. Title of prog: (in italics - important words capitalised)
  2. Year of original transmission: (in round brackets)
  3. Name of channel
  4. Day and month of original transmission
  5. Time location
  6. Available at: name of steaming service 
  7. Date accessed: (in round brackets)

This reference order can be used for all catch-up 
(BoB, BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 etc. ) or
subscription (Apple, Disney, Netflix, Prime etc.)
streaming services.

In-text example:
"You know, there’s lots of people in the industry say,
‘I discovered Alexander McQueen’. But you don’t discover talent.
Talent’s there. You open doors for talent” (McQueen, 2020).

Reference example:
McQueen (2020) BBC Two Television, 26 September. 21:45.
Available at: BoB (Accessed: 18 May 2021).

 

Reference order:

  1. Title of episode: (in single quotation marks) if known; if not, use title of programme
  2. Year of broadcast
  3. Title of programme/Series: (in italics)
  4. Series and episode numbers
  5. Name of channel
  6. Available at: name of steaming service 
  7. Date accessed: (in round brackets)

This reference order can be used for all catch-up 
(BoB, BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 etc. ) or
subscription (Apple, Disney, Netflix, Prime etc.)
streaming services.

In-text example:
To create an image is to create a world. A parallel universe
fashioned from light and colour. Images are seductive”,
so says narrator, James Fox ('Seductive dreams', 2020).

Reference example:
'Seductive dreams' (2020) Age of the Image, episode 3, 16 March. BBC Four Television. Available at: BoB (Accessed: 18 May 2021).

Referencing music & audio

 

Reference order:

  1. Artist
  2. Year of distribution: (in round brackets)
  3. Title of recording: (in italics)
  4. Format: [CD - in square brackets]
  5. Place of distribution: Distribution company

In-text example:
Seminal Welsh indie-rockers, the Super Furry Animals, released their
fifth studio album Rings Around the World in 2001 to both critical
and popular acclaim.

Reference example:
Super Furry Animals (2001) Rings Around the World [CD].
London: Epic Records.

 

Reference order:

  1. Title of prog: (in italics – all important words capitalised)
  2. Year of original transmission: (in round brackets)
  3. Name of channel
  4. Day and month of original transmission
  5. Time location.
  6. Streamed from:
  7. Date accessed: (in round brackets)

In-text example:
So, how are the songs that provide the soundtracks to our lives,
valued in the age of streaming? (The Price of Song, 2021).

Reference example:
The Price of Song (2021) BBC 4 Radio, 2 March. 11.30.
Streamed from: BoB (Accessed: 18 May 2021)

 

 

Reference order:

  1. Title of episode: (in single quotation marks) if known; if not, use title of programme
  2. Year of broadcast
  3. Title of programme/Series: (in italics)
  4. Series and episode numbers
  5. Name of channel
  6. Streamed from:
  7. Date accessed: (in round brackets)

In-text example:
The ability of computers to recognise an individual
face has created a new set of problems (‘Find', 2020

Reference example:
‘Find’ (2021) The digital human, Series 22, episode 6.  
BBC Four Radio, 18 March. Streamed from: BoB (Accessed: 18 May 2021).

 

Reference where the podcast was displayed for download.

Reference order:

  1. Author/presenter: (surname or family name before initials)
  2. Year that the podcast was posted: (in round brackets)
  3. Title of podcast: (in single quotation marks)
  4. Title of Internet site: (in italics)
  5. Format: [in square brackets - Podcast]
  6. Day/month of posted podcast
  7. Available at: URL
  8. Date accessed: (in round brackets)

In-text example:
O’Sullivan (2007) discussed issues on tourism safety and security.

Reference example:
O’Sullivan, D. (2007) ‘Challenges of tourism growth’,
The University of Glamorgan Podcasts [Podcast].
15 August. Available at: http://podcasting.weblog.glam.ac.uk/
(Accessed: 18 July 2010).