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Harvard (author-date) style examples

A chapter in a book

Elements of the citation

Author(s) of chapter - surname and initials Year of publication, 'Title of chapter - in single quotation marks' [in] Author of book (if different), Title of book - italicised, Edition, Publisher, Place of publication, (optional) page numbers.

Citing example:

The case for a relational concept of youth is argued by Wyn and White (1997) in their chapter 'The concept of youth'.

Reference list:
Wyn, J & White, R 1997, 'The concept of youth', in Rethinking youth, Allen and Unwin, Sydney

A chapter in an edited book

Citing example: In text:

Maid (2003) critically assesses the role of computer technologies in distance learning.

Reference list:
Maid, BM 2003, 'No magic answer', in M Watts (ed.), Technology: taking the distance out of learning, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco.

Note: the initials of the editor precede her surname, as this name is not crucial to the order of the item in the reference list.

 

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