Library Guides: UQ Harvard referencing style: Indirect citation

What is an indirect citation?

An indirect citation is when the ideas of one author are published in another author’s text but you have not read or accessed the original author’s work. In the list of References provide the details of the author of the work you have read.

Citing a indirect citation or secondary source

Reference type	Indirect citation or secondary source.
In-text examples	Miller (cited in Agrios 2005) found … or … it was found (Miller cited in Agrios 2005).
Reference list example	Agrios GN, 2005, Plant pathology, 5th edn, Elsevier, Burlington, MA. Provide the details of the author of the work you have read.
EndNote reference type	Use the relevant reference type for the item you are citing. After you have inserted the citation into your Word document, add “cited in” manually using “Edit & Manage Citations” option on the EndNote ribbon.

Reference type

Indirect citation or secondary source.

In-text examples

Miller (cited in Agrios 2005) found …

… it was found (Miller cited in Agrios 2005).

Reference list example

Agrios GN, 2005, Plant pathology, 5th edn, Elsevier, Burlington, MA.

Provide the details of the author of the work you have read.

EndNote reference type

Use the relevant reference type for the item you are citing. After you have inserted the citation into your Word document, add “cited in” manually using “Edit & Manage Citations” option on the EndNote ribbon.