HARVARD REFERENCE GENERATOR

Harvard Reference Generator

Use our free Harvard Reference Generator to help format references for your coursework and written assignments. The tool can create Harvard-style references for books and corporate authors, journal and newspaper articles, and websites. Simply enter the source information, generate the reference and copy it into your reference list. When using information from another author or source, you should also include an appropriate in-text citation and make sure all sources used in your work are referenced consistently. When using another author’s work, include an in-text citation that links the information in your writing to the full source in your reference list.

Primarily you must cite the author within the text:

Citation style within text

Harvard style: author, date system (Butler, 2011)

Whichever system chosen, it is important that you are consistent throughout your article. Any research taken from any source must be referenced whether directly quoted or paraphrased.  To link the information you use in your text to its source, put the author’s name and the year of  publication at the appropriate point in your text. If the author’s name does not appear in your writing, put the author’s surname and only the date in brackets.

As an example:

One Author

If the author’s name is Brian Murphy, use the surname Murphy and the date published cited in the text.

e.g. Level premiums are paid for the duration of the contract. Endowment premiums tend to be more expensive than for whole of life policies (Murphy, 2009).

 

Reference

When you have cited correctly within the text, then you must use the extended information to compile your reference list. Use the on-line tool based on the data medium used:

Book / Corporate author

Author:
Title of Book:
Year of Publication:
Place of Publication:
Publisher:
Edition:
Pages
Reference:

Click generate to generate reference

How to use the Harvard Generator

  1. Input the authors name: surname, followed by their initial/s e.g. Butler, M.  If it is a corporate author state the organisation
  2. Input the title of the book/title of report
  3. Input the year of publication. This can be found in the inside sleeve of the book/report e.g. 2012
  4. Input the place of publication. This can be found in the inside sleeve of the book/report e.g. London
  5. Input the publisher’s name e.g. Bloomsbury
  6. Click on the dropdown menu for edition number. If it is the first edition, the generator will leave the space blank. All editions greater than the 1st edition will be shown. For corporate authors there may not be an edition, press 1st edition.
  7. Input the page number (e.g. p.21) where the information has been sourced. Only use this section if the material was utilised word for word and has been cited in the text. Otherwise leave this section blank by pressing the space bar
  8. Click generate, then copy and paste the result to your Reference list.

The full reference list should come at the end of your work on a separate page. The list of references must be arranged alphabetically by author, and then chronologically (if the same author).

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