• Basic format to reference an unpublished thesis
• Referencing theses: Examples

• 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The basics of a Reference List entry for an unpublished thesis:

• Author. The surname is followed by first initials.
• Year.
• Title (in single inverted commas).
• Level of Thesis.
• University.
• City.

Example of unpublished thesis:
​Kyei-Nimakoh, M 2017, ‘Management and referral of obstetric complications: a study in the upper east region of Ghana’, PhD thesis, Victoria University, Melbourne.       

Please note:

• A thesis can come in a number of formats, i.e. they can be published, unpublished or retrieved from a database.
• The principles when referencing a thesis are similar to those employed when referencing a book. 
• The example above is for an unpublished thesis, examples for an online or a published thesis can be found below.