
The Coventry University Guide to Referencing in Harvard Style
Centre for Academic Writing, Coventry University
HOW TO REFERENCE AN UNPUBLISHED BOOKLET, HANDBOOK OR ANOTHER SIMILAR TEXT
In-text citation
Provide the surname/s of the author/s or the corporate author, the date and page numbers (whenever you make reference to a specific page or range of pages).
Examples
According to Dawson (2006:15), a report should be divided into sections with clear headings and subheadings.
A report should be divided into sections with clear headings and subheadings (Dawson 2006:15).
Reference
Give the author’s surname and initials or the corporate author, then the date in brackets. Give the title in italics followed by a full stop. Write ‘Unpublished booklet’ or ‘unpublished handbook’ then add a full stop and give the place and the institution where it was produced.
Example
Dawson, M. (2006) A Guide to Writing Reports. Unpublished booklet. Coventry: Coventry University