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Harvard Referencing Guide (not including LHS): No named author (anonymous)

 

Harvard Style of Citing References

If a work is anonymous, use the title, in italics. Long titles may be shortened using an ellipsis (...)

If it is a reference to a newspaper article without an author, you may use the name of the newspaper in place of the author.


 

In your text the title of the work can be used to identify it:

The debate over M. D'Eon's biological sex was much documented by satirists (The trial ... matrons, 1771).

or:

The Rosetta Stone (196 BCE) has long been a crucial tool for Egyptologists. 

or:

Young people aped their elders with depictions of weapons, animals and female swimmers (Tattoo 103, 1967).

 

Anonymous newspaper article:

Although it is believed that the UK economy is growing slowly, others suggest the economy is on a "plateau" (The Guardian, 2019).


In your list of references, begin with the title. For items other than printed books, list the medium and collection details.

Title. (Year of Publication) Edition (if needed). Place of Publication: Publisher.

or

Title. (Year of Publication) [Medium] Place of Collection: Collection Name.

e.g.

The trial of M. D'Eon by a jury of matrons. (1771) [Etching] London: British Museum.

or

The Rosetta Stone. (196 BCE) [Granodiorite stele] London: British Museum.

or 

Tattoo 103. (1967) [Offset lithograph on pressure-sensitive sticker] New York, NY: Implosions.