Harvard Citation Generator

Harvard (Cite Them Right) references and in-text citations for websites, books and journal articles.

Style

Source

Authors

TitleType it as it appears; the generator handles capitalisation for MLA and Chicago. Website name Journal name YearLeave blank if there is no date Month Day Volume Issue Pages EditionLeave blank for a first edition Publisher DOI URLBooks and articles: only if read online without a DOI Date accessedNeeded for undated pages Page(s) you are citingOptional — added to the in-text citation

Reference list entry ·

In-text citation

Parenthetical

Narrative

Harvard (Cite Them Right): the rules the generator follows

“Harvard” is a family of author–date styles rather than one standard, and universities publish their own versions. The generator follows Cite Them Right, the version used by most UK universities. If your department gives you its own Harvard guide, follow that where it differs.

Authors: family name and initials without spaces (Grady, J.S.); “and” before the last author. In the reference list, all authors can be listed; in the text, four or more become “et al.”.
Dates follow the author in round brackets with no full stop after them: Yu, C. (2020).
Titles: book and web-page titles in italics; article titles in single quotation marks with the journal name in italics.
Online sources: “Available at: URL (Accessed: 17 October 2026).” With a DOI, give the DOI and no access date.
No date: “(no date)”. Place of publication is not included.

Harvard citation examples

These examples are produced by the generator above, so what you see here is exactly what it gives you.

Book

Yu, C. (2020) Interior Chinatown. Pantheon Books.

In text: (Yu, 2020) or Yu (2020)

Journal article

Grady, J.S., Her, M., Moreno, G., Perez, C. and Yelinek, J. (2019) ‘Emotions in storybooks: A comparison of storybooks that represent ethnic and racial groups in the United States’, Psychology of Popular Media Culture, 8(3), pp. 207–217. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000185.

In text: (Grady et al., 2019) or Grady et al. (2019)

Web page

UCAS (no date) How to write your personal statement: 2026 entry onwards. Available at: https://www.ucas.com/applying/applying-to-university/writing-your-personal-statement/how-to-write-your-personal-statement-for-2026-entry-onwards (Accessed: 17 October 2026).

In text: (UCAS, no date) or UCAS (no date)

Setting out your reference list

Start the list on a new page headed Reference list.
Sort it alphabetically by the first word of each entry (the generator's saved list does this for you).
Use a hanging indent: the first line of each entry at the margin, later lines indented by 0.5 inch (1.27 cm).
Use the same font, size and line spacing as the rest of your essay.

Not sure your title capitalisation is right? Our title case converter has APA, MLA and Chicago modes.

Sources

Frequently asked questions

Which Harvard style is this?

Cite Them Right Harvard, used by most UK universities. Harvard varies between institutions, so check your course handbook for differences.

When does Harvard use et al.?

Cite Them Right uses et al. in the text for four or more authors: (Grady et al., 2019). In the reference list, you may list all the authors.

Is the citation generator free and private?

Yes. It runs entirely in your browser, needs no account, and nothing you type is uploaded. Your saved list is stored in this browser only.

Will the formatting paste into Word or Google Docs?

Yes. Copy keeps italics when you paste into Word, Google Docs or Pages. Set a hanging indent of 0.5 inch (1.27 cm) on your reference list yourself.