How to Reference a Website in Harvard Style

Works Cited

• 1

  Write down the author of the site. This could be a person or an organization: for example, "Portrait Magazine."

• 2

  Write the year the site was created or last revised. In this case, "2011" so you would have Portrait Magazine 2011.

• 3

  Follow this with the sponsor of the source. This is often the name of the website again, but it can vary. Per our example, the sponsor would be "Portrait Magazine, Christchurch, New Zealand." An example of a different sponsor might be if the site were Wharton School of Business; the sponsor would be the University of Pennsylvania. Going back to the original example, our citation now reads Portrait Magazine 2011, Portrait Magazine, Christchurch, New Zealand.

• 4

  Add the date you viewed the site. We'll use May 5. In Harvard Style, the date should always be written as Day Month Year, so 5 May 2011. Our citation is Portrait Magazine 2011, Portrait Magazine, Christchurch, New Zealand, viewed 5 May 2011.

• 5

  Write down the URL at the end within this code tag. <URL/>. So, http://www.portraitmagazine.net/. By using the code tag, you allow anyone reading the citation to be able to click on the link. The final citation should read: Portrait Magazine 2011, Portrait Magazine, Christchurch, New Zealand, viewed 5 May 2011, http://www.portraitmagazine.net/.

In Text

• 6

  List the name of the website followed by "at" -- for example, the Portrait Magazine website at.

• 7

  Put the name of the website between the following code <>. So http://www.portraitmagazine.net. The code won't show up on the printed document, as it allows the link to be clicked within the document.

• 8

  Continue writing the document.