Emerald - Harvard Referencing Guide
(updated Mar 2024)


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How to do citations in Emerald - Harvard style?

This is the Citationsy guide to Emerald - Harvard citations, reference lists, in-text citations, and bibliographies.
The complete, comprehensive guide shows you how easy citing any source can be. Referencing books, youtube videos, websites, articles, journals, podcasts, images, videos, or music in Emerald - Harvard.

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How do you cite a book in the Emerald - Harvard referencing style? (2024 Guide)

Books are written works or compositions that have been published, many of which might be in digital version. Here’s how to cite a book in Emerald - Harvard

Here’s an example book citation in Emerald - Harvard using placeholders:
Last Name, F.N. (2000), Title, edited by Editor Last Name, E.F.N., Edition., Vol. , Publisher, City.
So if we want to cite, for example, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou we’d do so like this:
Emerald - Harvard citation:
Angelou, M. (1969), I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, 1st ed., Vol. , Random House, New York.
And an in-text citation book citation in Emerald - Harvard looks like this: (Angelou, 1969)


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How to reference a journal article in the Emerald - Harvard citation style?

How do you cite scientific papers in Emerald - Harvard format?

Use the following template to cite a journal article using the Emerald - Harvard citation format.

Here’s a Emerald - Harvard journal citation example using placeholders:
Author1 LastnameA.F. and Author3 LastnameA.F. (2000), “Title”, Container, Journal Name, Vol. Volume No. Issue, p. pages Used.
So if we want to reference this scientific article: “Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?” by C. Petit and J.M. Sieffermann in Emerald - Harvard:
Petit, C. and Sieffermann, J. (2007), “Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?”, Food Quality and Preference, Vol. 18 No. 1, pp. 161-172.
And an in-text citation would look like this: (Petit and Sieffermann, 2007)


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How to cite a website in a paper in Emerald - Harvard style?

The most basic entry for a website consists of the author name(s), webpage title, website title, institution/publisher, publication date, and DOI or URL. Here’s how to cite it properly in Emerald - Harvard

Here’s an Emerald - Harvard example website reference:
Author1 LastnameA.F. and Author2 LastnameA.F. (2000), “Title”, Publisher, 1January, available at: https://www.example.com (accessed 29March2024).
To reference the article located at this link:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083
on The Guardian website:
Tran, M. (2008), “Barack Obama To Be America’s First Black President”, The Guardian, 5November, available at: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083 (accessed 29March2024).
And an in-text citation would look like this: (Tran, 2008)

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How to cite a YouTube video Emerald - Harvard in 2024

To cite a YouTube video, channel, or comment according to Emerald - Harvard, all you need it the following

Here’s a Emerald - Harvard citation YouTube video example:
ChannelName. (2000), “Title”, YouTube, 1January, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX (accessed 29March2024).
So how to cite a video Emerald - Harvard?
Pixar. (2015), “Pizza Clip — Inside Out”, YouTube, 3June, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ (accessed 29March2024).
And an in-text video citation would look like this: (Pixar, 2015)

How to cite a podcast using Emerald - Harvard referencing style

A more entertaining way to learn is to simply listen to a podcast. This is something relatively new that many people still don’t know how to cite and reference. Here’s how to do it in Emerald - Harvard

It is becoming more and more common to reference podcasts in essays or other school work.
Here’s how to reference a podcast it in Emerald - Harvard.
Lastname, F. (2000), “Title”, Publisher, 1January, available at: http://www.example.com (accessed 29March2024).
Podcast referencing example in Emerald - Harvard using “This American Life” episode 640:
This American Life. (2018), “640: Five Women”, WBEZ Radio, 2March, available at: https://thisamericanlife.org/640/five-women (accessed 29March2024).
And an in-text citation would look like this: (This American Life, 2018)

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How to cite a piece of music or a song using Emerald - Harvard referencing style?

Did you know there are well over 100 million different songs you can cite and reference? Here’s a simple guide to reference any song in Emerald - Harvard

An example song citation in Emerald - Harvard.
Lastname, F. (2000), Song Title, Album, Vol. , available at: http://www.example.com (accessed 29March2024).
Let‘s say we want to reference “Here Comes the Sun” off The Beatles “Abbey Road” album in Emerald - Harvard:
The Beatles. (1969), Here Comes the Sun, Abbey Road, Vol. , available at: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/here-comes-the-sun/401186200?i=401187150 (accessed 29March2024).
And an in-text citation would look like this: (The Beatles, 1969)


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