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Life and Health Sciences Harvard Referencing Guidelines: No Date

Life and Health Sciences Harvard Referencing Guidelines

No Date

No Date

The abbreviation n.d. is used to denote no date of publication

Author Surname, INITIALS. (n.d.) Title of article. Title of Journal, volume number(issue or part number, if present), page numbers of the article.

Reference List

Example of the full reference at the end of your assignment:

Department of Health Social Services and Public Safety Northern Ireland. (n.d.) Perinatal mental health. Belfast: DHSSPS. Available at: https://www.health-ni.gov.uk/perinatal-mental-health.  [Accessed 5 July 2020].

In-text citation 

Example 1 - where the author's name occurs naturally in the sentence

The Department of Health Social Services and Public Safety Northern Ireland (n.d.) states that women can be affected by a range of conditions after pregnancy. 

 

Example 2 - where the author's name does not occur naturally in the sentence

Women can be affected by a range of conditions after pregnancy (Department of Health Social Services and Public Safety Northern Ireland n.d.).

Other points to note

 

  • The abbreviation n.d. is used to denote no date of publication. Both letters must be typed in lower case. Follow each letter with a full stop. 
  • As with all years of publication, in the reference list, place n.d. within a set of round brackets (n.d.)
  • Every effort should be made to establish the year of publication.