Harvard - Books
How to reference books using Harvard.
On this page you will find information on how to reference to
- Book, one author
- Book, two to three authors
- Book, more than three authors
- Book, one editor
- Book, more than one editor
- Book, author and editor is missing
- Book, organization, agency, etc. as the author
- Book, different editions
- Book in a series
- Electronic book
- Chapter in book
- Religious texts
Template
Author's last name, first name initial. (year of publication). The book's title. Ed. Place of publication: Publisher.
- A book can be published several times with the same title. If there has been changes in the text, this is called a new edition. If there is information about edition, this shall be included in the reference. Reprints shall not be stated.
- If the document belongs to a series, details about the series shall be written within brackets at the end of the reference.
Textual reference
The textual reference consists of a parenthesis containing the author's surname and the publication year. An alternative is to write the surname in the text, and just the publication year in the parenthesis.
Page number is only needed when you are citing a direct quote.
Book, one author
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In the reference list
O'Quinn, D. (1999). Photoshop in a nutshell: a desktop quick reference. 2. ed. Sebastopol: O'Reilly.
Textual reference
(O'Quinn, 1999)
Book, two to three authors
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In the reference list
Mariotti, S. & Glackin, C. (2012). Entrepreneurship & small business management. Upper Saddle River: Pearson Prentice Hall.
Moore, D.S., McCabe, G.P. & Craig, B.A. (2012). Introduction to the practice of statistics. 7. ed. New York: W. H. Freeman.
Textual reference
(Mariotti & Glackin, 2012)
(Moore, McCabe & Craig, 2012)
Book, more than three authors
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In the reference list
Winch, G., Ross Johnston, R., March, P., Ljungdahl, L., & Holliday, M. (2011). Literacy: reading, writing and children's literature. 4. ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Textual reference
(Eriksson et al., 2011)
(Winch et al., 2011)
In the reference list, all authors of the book shall be included in the reference, but use et al. in the textual reference if there are more than three authors.
If you are referring to a chapter in an anthology, your reference would be entered for the chapter author, see Chapter in book.
Book, one editor
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In the reference list
Langford, D. (ed.) (2000). Internet ethics. Basinstroke: Macmillan.
Textual reference
(Langford ed., 2000)
Book, more than one editor
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In the reference list
Svensson, G. & Wood, G. (eds.) (2009). Business ethics: through time and across contexts. 1. ed. Lund: Studentlitteratur.
Oxford
Textual reference
(Svensson & Wood eds., 2009)
Book, author and editor missing
Template
Title. (Year). ed. Place of publication: Publisher.
In the reference list
Merriam-Webster's collegiate dictionary. (2005). 11. ed. Springfield: Merriam-Webster.
Textual reference
(Merriam-Webster's collegiate dictionary, 2005)
Book, organization, agency etc. as author
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In the reference list
World Health Organization (2002). Genomics and world health [Electronic resource]. Geneva: World Health Organization.
Textual reference
(World Health Organization, 2002)
Book, different editions
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In the reference list
Kotler, P. & Keller, K.L. (2009). Marketing management. 13. ed. Upper Saddle River: Pearson Prentice Hall.
Textual reference
(Kotler & Keller, 2009)
Book in series
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In the reference list
Lavoie, D. & Camlee-Wright, E. (2000). Culture and enterprise : the development, representation and morality of business. London: Routledge. (Routledge studies in the modern world economy, 26)
Textual reference
(Lavoie & Camlee-Wright, 2000)
Electronic book
Template
Author's last name, first name initial. (year of publication). The book's title. [Electronic] Place of publication: Publisher. Available: Database [Date of access]
In the reference list
Commel, J. (2009). Twitter Power 2.0 : How to Dominate Your Market One Tweet at a Time. [Elektronic]. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Available: DawsonEra [2019-11-28]
Whitehead, Marian R. (2007). Developing Language and Literacy with Young Children. [Electronic] London. SAGE Publications Inc. Available: Ebrary [2011-07-11].
Textual reference
(Commel, 2009)
(Whitehead, 2007)
Chapter in book
When you refer to a chapter in a book you can think of it like you're reading an article in a journal. It is accordingly the author of the chapter you refer to, not the editor of the book. After comes the reference to the book the chapter is in.
Such a book is often called an anthology or a collection volume. Those who put together the book are called editors (ed.)
Do note that if you use two or more chapters for the same anthology you need to reference each chapter separately.
Template
Chapter author's last name, first name initial. (year of publication). Title of the chapter. In The book's editors (ed.). The book's title. Place of publication: Publisher, Pages of chapter.
Please observe that the word In is used before the reference to the anthology.
In the reference list
Selnes, F., & Sallis, J. (2003). Promoting relationship learning. In Egan, J. & Harker, M.J. (ed.), Relationship marketing. Vol.3. Paradigm or perspective: The future of relationship marketing. London: SAGE Publications, pp. 277-304.
Textual reference
The text reference looks like a book with one author.
(Selnes & Sallis, 2003)
Religious texts
The Bible and other religious texts are examples of texts that are so common that it is not necessary to include them in the list of references.
When you refer to the Bible, you do not need to state publishing year. Sometimes it is advisable to state which bible translation you have used. This information is placed within brackets. In the text you write:
In John, chapter 1, verses 1-18 (New Testament, 2000)…
Textual reference
(New Testament, 2000)