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UQ Harvard referencing style

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

Newspaper article with author

Elements of the citation

Author(s) of article – Family name, Initials (no spaces between mulitple initials) Year of publication, ‘Title of article – in single quotation marks and sentence case’, Title of Newspaper or Magazine (capitalised and italicised), Day Month written in full, Page number(s).

Note: Page numbers

  • Don't repeat page numbers eg. 123-129 should be 123-9
  • p. for single page
  • pp. for mutiple pages
In-text reference (Cook 2002)
Reference list

Cook, D 2002, 'All in the mind', The Age, 28 January, p. 8.

EndNote reference type Newspaper article

Newspaper article, no author

Elements of the citation

If there is no author for the newspaper article provide the following details in the in-text citation of the document only:

(Title of newspaper - capitalised and italicised Day Month written in full Year, p. Page number)

OR

Title of newspaper (capitalised and italicised) (Day Month written in full Year, p. Page number)

In-text reference

(Sydney Morning Herald 16 January 2018, p.16)

or

... in the Sydney Morning Herald (31 January 2018, p.16)

Reference list

There is no need for an entry in the reference list.

EndNote reference type Newspaper article

News article online

Elements of the citation

Author(s) of article – Family name, Initials (no spaces between mulitple initials) Year of publication, ‘Title of article – in single quotation marks and sentence case’, Title of News Source (capitalised and italicised), Publication date - Day Month written in full, viewed date - Day Month (written in full) Year, <URL>. 

In-text reference (Taylor 2018)
Reference list

Taylor, D 2018, 'Data breach notification laws will force businesses to say if they've been hacked', ABC News, 2 February, viewed 5 February 2018, <http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-02/data-breach-notification-laws-coming-on-february-22/9391504>.

EndNote reference type Newspaper article

Newspaper article from fulltext database

Elements of the citation

Author(s) of article - Family name, Initials (no spaces between multiple initials) Year of publication, 'Title of article in sentence case, enclosed in single quotation marks', Title of News Source (capitalised and italicised), Publication date -  Day Month-written in full, p. page number, viewed date - Day Month(written in full) Year,  Name of Database.

In-text reference (Lampathakis 1997)
Reference list

Lampathakis, P 1997, 'Tantrums seen as suicide warning', The West Australian, 11 August, p. 26, viewed 16 October 2000, Factiva.

EndNote reference type

Newspaper article

Enter “11 August” in the Issue field. Enter “Factiva” in the URL field.

Magazine article - print

Elements of the citation

Author(s) of article - Family name, Initials (no space between multiple initials) Year of publication, 'Title of article in sentence case enclosed in single quote marks', Title of Magazine (captialised and italicised), vol.  ,volume number, no. issue number (if available), Date - day and month/ month/ quarter or similar identifer if no volume and/or issue numbers available, p./pp. page numbers.

In-text reference (Walker 2006)
Reference list

Walker, J 2006, 'See how they soar', Business Review Weekly, 10 December, pp. 24-26.

If there is no volume and issue number, replace this information with the date - day and month / month / quarter  or other similar identifier.

EndNote reference type Magazine article

Magazine article - online

Elements of the citation

Author(s) of article - Family name, Initials (no space between multiple initials) Year of publication, 'Title of article in sentence case enclosed in single quote marks', Title of Magazine (captialised and italicised), viewed date - Day Month (written in full) Year. <URL>.

In-text reference (Zahos 2018)
Reference list

Zahos, E 2018, 'The payday loan alternative that could save Aussies thousands', Money, viewed 13 February 2018. <http://moneymag.com.au/payday-loans-alternative/>.

EndNote reference type

Magazine article

Add month to (Year) in reference list after converting to plain text (final step)