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Harvard

Havard citing and referencing style is an author-date style based on the Australian Government's Style Guide.

Medicine and health sources

In-text citations

Format

(Author’s surname Year)


OR


(Organisation or Website name Year)

Example

(Egan 2024)


OR


(Therapeutic Guidelines 2022)

Tips


Reference list

Format

Author A (Year) Title of document, Organisation Name or Name of Website, accessed Day Month Year, doi:10.xxx or URL

Dynamed plus

DynaMed Plus (3 May 2024) Diabetes mellitus type 1, DynaMed Plus, accessed 17 May 2024, https://www.dynamed.com/condition/diabetes-mellitus-type-1-39

UpToDate

Egan BM (2024) Patient adherence and the treatment of hypertension, UpToDate, accessed 16 April 2024, https://www.uptodate.com/contents/patient-adherence-and-the-treatment-of-hypertension

StatPearls

Malek R and Soufi S (2023) Pulmonary edema, StatPearls, accessed 18 April 2024, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK557611/

BMJ Best Practice

Hueston WJ (2022) Acute bronchitis, BMJ Best Practice, accessed 13 January 2021, https://bestpractice.bmj.com/topics/en-gb/135

JBI (Joanna Briggs Institute)

Lopes G (2023) Gestational diabetes mellitus: antenatal care, Joanna Briggs Institute Evidence-Based Practice Database, accessed 1 March 2024, http://ovidsp.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&PAGE=reference&D=jbi&NEWS=N&AN=JBI17950

In-text citations

Format

(‘Entry title’ Year)

Example

(‘Codeine’ 2021)

Tips

  • Go to Getting started > In-text citation to view other examples
  • Year should be last updated year - site or entry

Reference list

Format

Name of drug (Year) Database Name, accessed Day Month Year, doi:10.xxx or URL

Example

AMH (Australian Medicines Handbook)

Codeine (2024) Australian Medicines Handbook, accessed 29 April 2024, https://monash.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/61MONASH_AU/1o6fval/alma99278071501751


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