title: A guide to the Harvard referencing system.
abstract: This article explains how to reference an academic work using the Harvard system. Instructions comply with the relevant British standards, i.e. BS 5605:1990, BS 1629:1989 and BS 6371:1983. The importance of referencing in an approved manner is discussed and problem areas such as joint authors, corporate authorship and unpublished works are examined. The issue of second-hand references that are not addressed by the standards is also explained.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dwyer
mesh_terms: D001319:Authorship; D001634:Bibliographies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D011643:Publishing; D014956:Writing