Harvard Referencing (AGSM)

The Style Manual states to hyperlink the title, however

1. the source URL will not show when in print format 
2. linking titles does not work in citation software (i.e. EndNote). 

Instead we recommend that you follow the Style Manual advice for print documents and include the URL text at the end of the reference after the full stop.

In the Australian Government Style Manual web content is handled differently depending on whether it is a normal webpage written in html or if it is a document hosted on a webpage. There are also specific formats for media releases, government reports and other online materials.

For simplicity the JCU Library has used the web document format (see below) and adapted it for all content on web pages that is not a journal article, book or conference paper, a legal source or an image. 

Please refer to the Australian Government Style Manual  if you need to follow the style exactly, for example if you are writing for government reports or documents.

Use this format for all webpages and documents, irrespective of format or type of document.

Note:

• General rules:
  • If you used a shortened form for an organisation's name in the in-text citation, then use the same shortened form in the reference list, followed by the spelt-out version (see example 3 above).
  • If the organisation's name is both the author of the webpage and the publisher/site sponsor, use the shortened form for the name of the website after the title even if the short form has not been used previously (see example 2 above).
  • Avoid linking to PDFs or other downloadable documents. Instead link to the page that hosts the document.
• Media releases:
  • Use full date (Day Month Year) for media releases.
• Whole websites:
  • Only cite a whole website if the information refers to the entire website and not a particular webpage or document.  
  • If you refer to content on a particular page you need to use the normal webpage format.

For EndNote users: