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Examples of Harvard Style

The examples given here follow the name and date system (Harvard system) as prescribed in BS 5605 and BS 1629.

Book
LIPSEY, R.G., COURANT, P.N. and RAGAN, C.T.S., 1999. Economics. 12th ed. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley.

Book Chapter
TONG, C.K. and Lian, K.F., 2003. Cultural knowledge, nation-states, and the limits of globalization in Southeast Asia Southeast Asian subregional economic growth triangles. In: S. Yamashita and J.S. Eades, eds. Globalization in Southeast Asia: Local, national, and transnational perspectives. New York: Berghahn Books, pp. 42-63.

Conference Paper
YASHIRO, N. and OSHIO, T., 1999. Social security and retirement in Japan. In: J. GRUBER and D.A. WISE, eds. Social security and retirement around the world. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, pp. 239-268.
[National Bureau of Economic Research Conference held in France, May 1997.]

Journal Article
QUAH, E., 2002. Transboundary pollution in Southeast Asia: the Indonesian fires. World Development, 30(3): 429-441.

Newspaper article
CHIA, S.A., 2002 Aug 14. More companies hiring but more retrenching too. The Straits Times, p. H2.

Thesis
CHANG, T.C.W., 1996. Industrialization in ASEAN: the technological dimension, Thesis (Master), National University of Singapore.

Newsletter article with no author
ANON, 2001. Weld process changes enhance productivity. Welding Design & Fabrication, 74(9), 24-27.

Patent
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE. A novel generation of cloned horseshoe crab recombinant factor C for detection and removal of endotoxin WO 99/15676. 1998-09-18.

Web Site
ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK, 2003. Asian Development Outlook. Online. Hong Kong: Oxford University Press. Available from: http://www.adb.org/Documents/Books/ADO/2003/. [3 Sep 2003].

References

  • BS 5605:1990. Recommendations for citing and referencing published material. 2nd ed. British Standards Institution.
    Kept in CL Reference 12

  • BS 1629:1989. Recommendations for references to published materials. British Standards Institution.
    Kept in CL Reference 12

  • HOLLAND, M., 2003. Harvard system. Online. Bournemouth University.
    Available from: http://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/library/using/harvard_system.html [14 Jul 2003]

  • Harvard system. Online. Academic Services Group, Faculty of Business Administration, University of Ulster.
    Available from: http://www.busmgt.ulst.ac.uk/business/pi/resmeth/plag.doc [6 Apr 2006].

  • Guide to the Harvard system of referencing. Online. Anglia Ruskin University Library.
    Available from: http://libweb.anglia.ac.uk/guides/new_harvard.php [6 Apr 2006].

  • A guide to Harvard Referencing. Online. Learning Support Services, Leeds Metropolitan University.
    Available from: http://www.lmu.ac.uk/lskills/open/sfl/content/harvard/ [6 Apr 2006].

  • The Australians have their own version of the Harvard system:

    • Citing Your Sources - Harvard Style. Online. University of Western Australia Library. Available from: http://www.library.uwa.edu.au/education_training___and___support/guides/how_to_cite_your_sources/citing_your_sources_-_harvard_style [6 Apr 2006].

    • Harvard Referencing. Online. Curtin University Library. Available: http://library.curtin.edu.au/referencing/harvard.pdf [6 Apr 2006].

    • Harvard Style. Online. University of Southern Queensland.
      Available: http://www.usq.edu.au/library/help/ehelp/ref_guides/harvard.htm [6 Apr 2006].

    • Harvard Style examples. Online. Monash University Library.
      Available: http://www.lib.monash.edu.au/tutorials/citing/harvard.html [6 Apr 2006].

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