How to reference a book in Harvard
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Format
Author, A. (Year) Title of the book. Edition. Place of publication: Publisher.
- •Family name and initials, then the year in parentheses: Kahneman, D. (2011).
- •The title is in italics. The edition comes after the title from the second edition on: 2nd edn.
- •Place and publisher, separated by a colon: New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
- •In the text, with a page for quotes: (Kahneman, 2011, p. 14).
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Like a printed book. If you read it online, add “Available at: URL (Accessed: date)” at the end, or the DOI if there is one.
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