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Harvard Citation Generator

Create Harvard references and in-text citations in the Cite Them Right style used by most UK universities. Paste a link, DOI or ISBN, then copy your reference or whole reference list.

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Harvard (Cite Them Right)

Paste a link, DOI or ISBN, or fill in the details, and your citation appears here.

Reference list (0)

Add citations to build your list. It's sorted for you alphabetically, and kept in this browser.

Always check citations against your instructor's requirements. Titles are kept as you type them.

Harvard reference format

Author, A.B. (Year) Title. Edition. Place: Publisher. For online sources, add Available at: URL (Accessed: date). Journal articles: Author, A.B. (Year) 'Article title', Journal, volume(issue), pp. pages.

Harvard in-text citations

Use the author's last name and the year: (Smith, 2020). For two or three authors, list them all: (Smith, Lee and Khan, 2020); for four or more, use et al.: (Smith et al., 2020). Add a page number for quotes: (Smith, 2020, p. 23).

Check your university's version

Harvard isn't one fixed style, and universities publish their own versions. This generator follows Cite Them Right (12th edition), the most widely used; check your module handbook for small differences.

Harvard citation examples

Journal article

Grady, J.S., Her, M. and Moreno, G. (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, Her and Moreno, 2019)

Book

Jackson, L.M. (2019) The psychology of prejudice: From attitudes to social action. 2nd edn. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

In text: (Jackson, 2019)

Web page

Bologna, C. (2019) Why some people with anxiety love watching horror movies. Available at: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/anxiety-love-watching-horror-movies_l_5d277587e4b02a5a5d57b59e (Accessed: 2 November 2026).

In text: (Bologna, 2019)

Harvard Citation Generator FAQs

Is this citation generator free?

Yes. It's free, with no sign-up, no ads and no limit on how many citations you make. Your reference list is kept in your browser so you can come back to it.

Can it fill in the details for me?

Yes. Paste a website link, a DOI (for journal articles) or an ISBN (for books), and it looks up the title, authors, date and publication details. You can edit anything before copying.

Is Harvard the same as APA?

Both are author-date styles, so they look similar, but the details differ: in a Harvard reference the year in brackets has no full stop after it, 'and' is used instead of '&', initials have no spaces, and online sources get an access date.

Are generated citations always right?

The format follows each style's official rules, but a citation is only as good as its details. Auto-filled details sometimes miss an author or date, so check them against the source, and check your instructor's requirements.

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