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Harvard Referencing (2002 version)

Guide to citing & referencing in this author, date style for JCU students

Thesis - online

The title is not italicised and is placed in single 'quotation marks'.

Format:

Author, AA Year of preparation of thesis, ‘Title of thesis', award (g.g PhD, Masters, etc), Institution issuing degree, Location of institution, viewed date, <URL>.

Example:

Adam, B 2016, 'Cosmic warfare: changing models of the universe and C.S. Lewis's defence of truth and meaning', PhD thesis, James Cook University, viewed 17 April 2017, <https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/52960/>.

In-text citation:

Adam (2016) suggests that  …

Thesis - print

The title is not italicised and is placed in single 'quotation marks'.

Format:

Author, AA Year of preparation of thesis, ‘Title of thesis', award (g.g PhD, Masters, etc), Institution issuing degree, Location of institution.

Example:

Ward, I 1998, 'Sedimentary history of the Pandora wreck and surrounds', M.A. thesis, James Cook University, Townsville.

In-text citation:

Ward (1998) described the process …

OR

… processing gold (Ward 1978)

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