• Harvard Referencing: web content (video)
• Basic format to reference material from the web
• Referencing material from the web: examples
• Video transcript

• The in-text reference
  The basics of using in-text references in Harvard.
• The Reference List
  The format for a Reference List in Harvard.
• How to use quotes in Harvard
  How to include short and long quotes in your work.
• Secondary Sources
  What to do if you want to reference a quote that someone else has referenced?
• Useful Library resources

The basics of a Reference List entry for a Web page or Web document:

• Author or authors. The surname is followed by first initials.
• Year.
• Title (in italics).
• Publisher. Where there is a corporate author, the publisher and author may be the same.
• Date viewed.
• Web address <in angled brackets>.

Example:
Cancer Council 2017, Causes of cancer, Cancer Council, viewed 21 May 2018, <https://www.cancer.org.au/about-cancer/causes-of-cancer/>. 

• Include author(s) name(s) for internet/website references where possible (an author may be a corporate body or organisation responsible for creating, producing or publishing a webpage or website.
• Where there is no identifiable author or authoring body, use the title of the webpage or website
• The year is the time of the last update of the web page or document.

Video Transcript: Harvard: Web Content

This introductory video will demonstrate how to reference web pages and web documents using the Victoria University Harvard referencing style.

The essential elements you require to create a web page reference include: The Author. [Call out: The author may be a person, or an organisation]; Year of publication; Title of web page or web document; Publisher; the date you viewed the content in the format day, month, year; and the Web address.

The use of correct punctuation is another important element of Harvard style. [Call out: for the purpose of demonstration we have highlighted some of the elements in red]. And notice that the title of the web page or document is in italics.

Highlighted is the key information on a webpage required to create a full reference. [Call out: You may need to look at the entire page to find all the required information]. Taking the key information from the entire webpage, this is the correct reference for a webpage with an organization as author.

This is an example of a web document. [Call out: note that in this example, the author and the publisher are the same organisation]. You may need to use the website the document was retrieved from, along with the document itself in order to locate all the required information.

The names of organisations as authors are usually listed in full each time they appear in an in-text citation. However, where the organisation’s name is long and the abbreviation is in general use, the name can be abbreviated in subsequent citations. In the first occurrence include the full name as well as the abbreviation.

If there is no date available, use the abbreviation “n.d.”, which stands for "no date“.

In a blog post, note the inclusion of the description ‘weblog post’ and the exact date of the post following the blog title. [Call out: Note the description ‘weblog post’ and the exact date of the post].

Remember all in-text references should be listed alphabetically in the reference list at the end of the document. Your reference list is presented on a separate page titled ‘References’

For further assistance, refer to the VU Harvard Referencing Guide. Or, contact the Victoria University library through ‘Ask a Librarian’ chat or email, or ask for help at any Library service point.

[Video Ends.]