# Harvard

**Source**: https://www.library.sydney.edu.au/support/referencing/harvard
**Parent**: https://www.library.sydney.edu.au/about/library-glossary

## About Harvard referencing

Harvard is a generic name used to describe the author-date approach to referencing, rather than a specific referencing style in its own right.

## Manuals and resources

There is no official Harvard manual.  We recommend:

- [Style manual for authors, editors and printers (6th ed.). (2002). John Wiley & Sons.](https://sydney.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/61USYD_INST/1c0ug48/alma991013192969705106)
- [University of Sydney Guide to Harvard Referencing Style](/content/dam/library/documents/support/pdf_harvard_complete_update_05.08.2019.pdf)
- [General information on academic referencing, including why it is essential.](https://library.sydney.edu.au/support/referencing/introduction-to-referencing.html)

- ## Related information

  [Referencing](https://library.sydney.edu.au/support/referencing.html)
  [EndNote](https://library.sydney.edu.au/support/referencing/endnote.html)
  [Academic Integrity](https://www.sydney.edu.au/students/academic-integrity.html)
  [Acknowledging & referencing the use of AI](https://canvas.sydney.edu.au/courses/51655/pages/acknowledging-and-referencing-the-use-of-ai?wrap=1)

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