| In-text citation | Reference list |
| (Author(s) Year) | Author(s) surname(s), Initial(s). (Year of publication). Title of book: subtitle if any. Edition followed by ed. (if not the first edition) Place of publication: Publisher. |
| Examples | |
| (Cameron 2021) | Cameron, S. (2021). The business student's handbook: skills for study and employment. 7th ed. Harlow: Pearson. |
| (Giddens and Sutton 2021) |
Giddens, A. and Sutton, P.W. (2021). Sociology. 9th ed. Cambridge: Polity Press. |
| (Robbins et al. 2020) |
Robbins, S.P., Coulter, M.A. and De Cenzo, D.A. (2020). Fundamentals of management. 11th ed. Harlow: Pearson. |
Use when referring to a single chapter in an edited book.
| In-text citation | Reference list |
| (Chapter author’s surname Year) | Chapter author(s) surname(s), Initial(s). (Year of publication). Title of chapter. In: Book editor(s) surname(s), Initial(s)., followed by ed. or eds. Title of book: subtitle if any. Edition followed by ed. (if not the first edition) Place of publication: Publisher, page number(s) of chapter. |
| Example | |
| (Bruen 2020) | Bruen, M. (2020). River flows. In: Kelly-Quinn, M. and Reynolds, J., eds. Ireland’s rivers. Dublin: University College Dublin Press, pp.39-59. |
Use when referring to the entire book
| In-text citation | Reference list |
| (Editor Year) | Editor(s) surname(s), Initial(s)., followed by ed. or eds. (Year of publication). Title of book: subtitle if any. Edition followed by ed. (if not the first edition) Place of publication: Publisher. |
| Example | |
| (Theaker 2012) | Theaker, A., ed. (2012). The public relations handbook. Abingdon: Routledge. |
Check our full Harvard referencing guide for more material types.
| In-text citation | Reference list |
| (Author Year) | Author(s) surname(s), Initial(s). (Year of publication). Title of article. Title of journal [online], volume number(issue/number, or date/month of publication if volume and issue are absent), page numbers or Article eLocator number (if any). Available from: library database name, or URL or DOI if accessed online from somewhere other than a library database [accessed date]. |
| Examples | |
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(Leighton et al. |
Leighton S.C., Nieforth L.O. and O’Haire M.E. (2022). Assistance dogs for military veterans with PTSD: A systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-synthesis. PLoS ONE [online], 17(9), Article e0274960. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0274960 [accessed 24 November 2022]. |
| (Mayombe 2021) | Mayombe, C. (2021). Partnership with stakeholders as innovative model of work-integrated learning for unemployed youths. Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learning [online], 12(2), pp.309-327. Available from: Emerald Insight [accessed 25 March 2022]. |
| (Tesseur 2022) | Tesseur, W. (2022). Translation as inclusion? An analysis of international NGOs’ translation policy documents. Language Problems and Language Planning [online], 45(3), pp. 261-283. Available from: https://doras.dcu.ie/26151 [accessed 25 March 2022]. |
| In-text citation | Reference list |
| (Author Year) | Author(s) surname(s), Initial(s). (Year of publication). Title of e-book: subtitle if any [online]. Edition followed by ed. (if not the first edition) Place of publication (if any): Publisher. Available from: library database name, or URL if accessed online from somewhere other than a library database [accessed date]. |
| Examples | |
| (Levine and Munsch 2021) | Levine, L.E. and Munsch, J. (2021). Child development: an active learning approach [online]. 4th ed. London: SAGE. Available from: https://books.google.ie/books?id=zlrZzQEACAAJ&dq [accessed 25 March 2022]. |
| (Papagiannis 2020) | Papagiannis, N. (2020). Effective SEO and content marketing: the ultimate guide for maximizing free web traffic [online]. Indianapolis: Wiley. Available from: EBSCOhost eBook Collection [accessed 25 March 2022]. |
Material on the Web often falls into one of the material types already covered in this guide. Information published on the Web is not necessarily a webpage. In such cases, follow the instructions for the material type in question (e.g. research report, e-book).
| In-text citation | Reference list |
| (Author/Owner Year) | Author/Owner of webpage. (Year created or last updated). Title of webpage [online]. Available from: URL [accessed date]. |
| Example | |
| (Dundalk Institute of Technology 2022) | Dundalk Institute of Technology. (2022). Research support [online]. Available from: https://www.dkit.ie/research/research-support.html [accessed 25 March 2022]. |
