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Harvard Referencing: Thesis

Format of the reference

Citation order:

  • Name of the author(s)
  • Year submitted
  • Title of the dissertation or thesis
  • Level of award
  • Location of awarding institution if not clear from name
  • Name of awarding institution
  • Full web address
  • Accessed date

 

Format:

Author’s surname, Initials. (Year submitted) Title of dissertation/thesis. Level of award. Location of awarding institution if not clear from name: Name of awarding institution. Available at: www.webaddress.com (Accessed day month year).

Example:

Parsons, J.D. (2014) Nutrition in contemporary diet. PhD thesis. Durham University. Available at: http://etheses.dur. ac.uk/846 (Accessed: 14 August 2018).

In-text citation: (Parsons, 2014)