Writing a reference list in the Harvard style

When writing a reference list in the Harvard style you need to remember the following:

arrange your list alphabetically according to surname
use italics or underline for
- title of journals
- book title
start the reference list on a new page. Use Reference List or Literature List as the heading

Books and anthologies

Book

Surname, Initial(s) (Year) Book title in italics. Edition - if available. Place: Publisher.

Dybvig, D.D. and Dybvig, M. (2003) Det tenkende mennesket. Filosofi- og vitenskapshistorie med vitenskapsteori. 2nd edn. Trondheim: Tapir akademisk forlag.

Bick, J. (2000) 101 Thing You Need To Know about Internet Law. Ebrary [Online]. Available at: http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ntnu/ (Accessed: 30 March 2004).

Anthology (book with articles)

An anthology is a book with one editor, but where the chapters are written by several different authors.

Surname author, Initial(s) (Year) 'Title of chapter', in Surname editor, Initial(s) (ed.) Book title in italics. Edition. Place: Publisher, page.

Beizer, J.L. and Timiras, M.L. (1994) 'Pharmacology and drug management in the elderly', in Timiras, P.S. (ed.) Physiological basis of aging and geriatrics. 2nd edn. Boca Raton: CRC Press, pp. 279-284.

Fermann, G. (ed.) (1997) International politics of climate change: key issues and critical actors. Oslo: Scandinavian University Press.

Journal articles, conferences and newspapers

Journal articles

Surname, Initial(s) and Surname, Initial(s) (Year) 'Title of article', Title of journal in italics, volume (issue), page.

Kwan, I. and Mapstone, J. (2004) 'Visibility aids for pedestrians and cyclists: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials', Accident Analysis & Prevention, 36(3), pp. 305-312.

Kwan, I. and Mapstone, J. (2004) 'Visibility aids for pedestrians and cyclists: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials', Accident Analysis & Prevention, 36(3), pp. 305-312. [Online] DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(03)00008-3 (Accessed: 29 March 2004).

Conference papers

Unpublished papers:

Surname, Initial(s) (Year) Title of paper in italics. Unpublished paper presented at Name of conference. Place.

Published papers:

Surname author, Initial(s) (Year) 'Title of paper', in Surname editor, Initial(s) (ed.) Title of conference in italics. Place: Publisher, page.

Nørvåg, K. (2003) 'Space-Efficient Support for Temporal Text Indexing in a Document Archive Context', in Koch, T. and Sølvberg, I. (eds) Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries, 7th European Conference, ECDL 2003, Trondheim, Norway, August 17-22, 2003. Berlin: Springer, pp. 511-522.

Newspapers and popular magazines

Surname, Initial(s) (Year) 'Title of article', Title of newspaper in italics, Date, page.

Ringen, S. (2004) 'La ikke Erna Solberg rasere det lokale folkestyre', Aftenposten, 25 March, p. 10.

Grosh, A. and Graff, J. (2004) 'A strike at Europe’s heart', Time Magazine, 22 March, pp. 22-28.

Dissertations, master theses and public information

Dissertation and master thesis

Surname, Initial(s) (Year) Title of thesis or dissertation in italics. PhD thesis. Institution, Place.

Hasund, I.K. (2003) The discourse markers like in English and liksom in Norwegian teenage language : a corpus-based, cross-linguistic study. Dr.art. thesis. University of Bergen.

Public information

Author/editor (Year) Title in italics. Place: Publisher (Series).

Arbeids- og administrasjonsdepartementet (2004) Arbeidslivsutvalget. Et arbeidsliv for trygghet, inkludering og vekst. Oslo: Statens forvaltningstjeneste (NOU 2004: 5).

Web pages

Web page

Author (Year) Title in italics. Available at: URL (Accessed: Date).

Fugelsnes, E. (2004) Oppvarmet støv kan gi økte helseplager. Available at: http://www.forskning.no/Artikler/2004/mars/1079517069.32 (Accessed 01 April 2004).

Web page with no authors

Title in italics (Year) Available at: URL (Accessed: Date).

Example: reference list in the Harvard style

Reference list