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UQ Harvard referencing style

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

Report with known author(s) - print

Elements of the citation

Author(s) of report (person or organisation) Family name, Initials Year of Publication, Title of report - italicised and sentence case, Report series name and Report number (if available), Publisher/Institution, Place of publication.

In-text reference

… in Queensland waterways (Mortimer & Cox 1999)

Reference list  Mortimer, M & Cox, M 1999, Contaminants in mud crabs and sediments from the Maroochy River, Environment technical report no. 25, Queensland Department of the Environment, Brisbane.
EndNote reference type Report
Use the institution field for publisher name

Report with corporate author - electronic

Elements of the citation

Author(s) of report (person or organisation) Family name, Initials Year of Publication, Title of report - italicised and sentence case, Report series name and Report number (if available), Publisher/Institution, Place of publication, viewed date - Day Month Year, <URL>.

In-text reference

(Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2010)

Reference list  Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2020, Child protection Australia 2008-09, Child welfare series no. 47. Cat. no. CWS 35, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Canberra, viewed 6 November 2012, <https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/child-protetion/child-protection-australia-2008-09/contents/table-of-contents>.
EndNote reference type Report
Use the institution field for publisher name