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Harvard Referencing: Dictionary or reference book

Format of the reference

Citation order:

  • Author or editor
  • Title of the book
  • Year of publication
  • Edition of the book if it is later than the first
  • Place of publication
  • Publisher

 

Format:

Author or editor (Year of publication)Title of book. Edition if later than the first e.g. 2nd edn. Place of publication: Publisher.

 

Example:

Beal, P. (2008)  A dictionary of English manuscript terminology: 1450 to 2000. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 

In-text citation: (Beal, 2008)