Harvard - Secondary referencing
How to reference secondary sources using Harvard reference system.
The basic rule of all scientific and scholarly work is that you always should use the original source. But if you must refer to a publication that the author you refer to uses in his/her text, this must be evident, both in the textual reference and in the reference list.
- In the active text both sources should be referenced.
- In the reference list you should only include the text you have read.
Template
In the reference list you should only include the full reference for the text that you have read. Follow the example for that type of source.
Textual reference
If, for example, you have read Marios Miltiadous's text referring to a publication of Albert Bandura, you write:
... (Bandura, 1986 see Miltiadou, 2001, p. 409).
In the reference list
In the reference list you should only include the full reference for the text that you have read. Follow the example for that type of source.
For the example above:
Mitiadou, M. (2001). Computer-Mediated Communication in the Online Classroom. International Journal of Educational Telecommunications, vol. 7(4), pp. 407-419.