IMM Graduate School Harvard Referencing System Guide

Here are examples of what the format of the in-text citation in the reference list should look like. Remember, in-text citation appears IN the document at the section / sentence where the specific book / author is being used, and the reference list appears at the end of your document before any appendices.

In general, the following guideline will apply for any book that needs to be referenced at the end of your document:

In-text:

Example when reference to the author(s) appears at the end of the sentence:

Research has indicated the following….. (Author, year of publication). (Note – author and year appear in brackets)

Example when author is part of the sentence:

Author (year) stated that the ….. (Note: Only the year appears in brackets and the full-stop denoting the end of the sentence is inserted after the citation at the end of the sentence). 

Reference list:

Author, A. (year of publication in brackets) Title of Book in italics. Edition. Place of publication: publisher.

Specific examples pertaining to any books: