Harvard style

The Harvard system is one of the most common systems for referencing and the preferred style at USQ It is an author-date system.

Author-date systems use the author and the publication date.

References are listed alphabetically by author, regardless of the order they are cited in the text.

For example:

In-Text

… system composed of interrelated parts (O'Brien, 1995).

Reference List

O'Brien, J. 1995. Management . Sydney : Prentice Hall.

Rasid, ZM & Parish, TS 1998, 'The effects of two types of relaxation training on students' levels of anxiety', Adolescence, vol. 33, no. 129, p. 99, viewed 23 September 1998, EBSCOhost database Academic Search Premier, item: AN589758.

The Harvard system is not published as a definitive work in any particular manual but at USQ is based on the Style manual for authors, editors and printers 6^th edition. The Library Home page has guides to the Harvard System located under Getting Help/Referencing Guides. showing examples The Faculty of Business also recommends the Communication skills handbook : how to succeed in written and oral communication which has a section on referencing