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Life and Health Sciences Harvard Referencing Guidelines: Sample Reference List

Life and Health Sciences Harvard Referencing Guidelines

Sample Reference List

References

Atkinson, A. (2020) Fundamentals of something and something else. 2nd ed. Harlow: Pearson. 

British Broadcasting Corporation. (2021) Covid: Call for volunteers as 500k book boosters in a day. London: BBC. Available at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-59646877 [Accessed 14 December 2021].

Campbell, M. (2017) Challenges in something. New Review of Something, 15(2), 95-106. 

Delaney, G. (2019) Critical approaches to something. 3rd ed. New York: Library Books. 

Gallagher, J. (2021) Omicron: Why do boosters work if two doses struggle? London: BBC. Available at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-59639973 [Accessed 14 December 2021].

McCoo, K. and McGill, C. (2019) Demystifying something. Journal of Something, 7(1), 12-26. 

Points to remember
  • All items should be listed alphabetically in the reference list by author, regardless of the format i.e. whether books, websites or journal articles etc. If the same author is listed more than once – reference the earliest first.
  • Always remember to note if a book is edited using ed. or eds. For books which are edited give the Editor Surname and INITIALS followed by ed. (for one editor) or eds. (for two or more editors). 
  • When using et al. in your in-text citations – it should be italicised. E.g. et al. This can only be used for in-text citations but not your references, where all authors must be listed in full i.e. Surname, Initial., Surname, Initial., Surname, Initial. and Surname, Initial. (date)…

  • Every reference should end with a full stop (with the exception of DOI's).

  • When referencing – even though you may have read a book or journal article online – if it was first published as a print source – you reference it as a print source. (Only exceptions are websites or online journals that are ONLY available online).

  • The titles of books, websites and journal titles must be italicised. (not journal articles).

  • There should be no capital letters in a book or journal article title – except the first word and any proper nouns. (But all Journal titles should have capitals throughout e.g. British Medical Journal)

  • We do not use pp. for pages in our references – only for direct quotes in our in-text citations.

  • When stating Accessed and the date – the date must be written out in full e.g. [Accessed 12 November 2019].

  • If the author cannot be identified use Anonymous or Anon. Every effort should be made to establish the authorship if you intend to use this work as supporting evidence in an academic submission: e.g. In a recent commentary on elderly care provision in nursing homes… (Anon. 2012)

  • If the date cannot be identified use n.d. to denote this: e.g. Smith (n.d.) has written and demonstrated … OR Earlier research (Smith n.d.) demonstrated that …