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UQ Harvard referencing style

The Harvard style is a generic author-date style for citing and referencing information used.

Unpublished material - Item from a collection

Elements of the citation Author(s) - Family name, Initials Year, 'Title or description of item in single quotation marks', Title of the collection, Number of collection, Number of item within collection, Full name of holding institution.
In-text (Buddies Refugee Support Group 2002)
Reference List Buddies Refugee Support Group 2002, 'Minutes of meeting January 11 2002', Buddies Refugee Support Group Collection, UQFL531, Box 1 Folder 1, Fryer Library, University of Queensland.
EndNote reference type Generic

Unpublished material - standalone item

Elements of the citation Author(s) - Family name, Initials Year, 'Title of item in single quotation marks', Type of material, Identifier (if applicable), Full name of holding institution.
In-text (Peake, 1959)
Reference List Peake, JH 1959, 'A new state for North Queensland', Speech, F2207, Fryer Library, University of Queensland.
EndNote reference type Generic

Unpublished materials - other examples

For how to cite other unpublished materials, refer to Snooks & Co, 2002, Style manual for authors, editors and printers, 6th ed., John Wiley & Sons, Milton, Qld. (pp 207-208). Examples covered include:

  • Theses - see Thesis tab of this guide
  • Unpublished papers and abstracts presented at conferences, seminars and meetings - see the Conference paper tab of this guide