Harvard Referencing Guide > Electronic Resources

Websites

For websites found on the world wide web the required elements for a reference are:
Authorship or Source, Year. Title of web document or web page. [Medium]
(date of update)
Available at: include web site address/URL(Uniform Resource Locator) and additional details such as access or routing from the home page of the source.
[Accessed date].
National electronic Library for Health, 2003. Can walking make you slimmer and healthier? (Hitting the headlines article) [Online] (Updated 16 Jan 2005)
Available at: https://nhs.uk.hth.walking
[Accessed 10 April 2005].
N.B. the URL should be underlined
The title of a web page is normally the main heading on the page.
It is good practice to keep a copy of the front page of any website you use.

Publications available from websites

For publications found on the internet the required elements for a reference are:
Author or corporate author, Year. Title of document. [type of medium] Place: Producer/Publisher.
Available at: include web site address/URL(Uniform Resource Locator) and additional details of access, such as the routing from the home page of the source.[Accessed date].
N.B. the URL should be underlined

Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines, 2001. Hypertension in the elderly. (SIGN publication 20) [internet] Edinburgh : SIGN (Published 2001) Available at: https://sign.ac.uk/pdf/sign49.pdf
[Accessed 17 March 2005].
Boots Group Plc., 2003. Corporate social responsibility. [Online] Boots Group Plc. Available at: https://Boots-Plc.Com/Information/Info.Asp?Level1id=447&Level 2id=0
[Accessed 23 July 2005].
Defoe, D., 1999. The fortunes and the misfortunes of the famous Moll Flanders. [Online] Champaign, Illinois: Project Gutenberg. Available at: https://Promo.Net/Cgi-Promo/Pg/T9.Cgi?Entry=370&Full=Yes&Ftpsite=Http://Ibiblio.Org/Gutenberg/
[Accessed 18 November 2005].
It is good practice to keep a copy of the front page of any website you use.

E-mail correspondence/discussion lists

Particular care needs to be taken if you are quoting from these as they may include personal e-mail addresses and be from a restricted source. Permission should be sought before these sources are quoted.
For e-mail correspondence or discussion lists the suggested elements for a reference are:
Name of sender and e-mail address, Year. Message or subject title from posting line. [type of medium] Recipient's name and e-mail address. Date sent: Including time.
Available at: URL (e.g. details of where message is archived).
[Accessed date].
Jones, P., [email protected], 2005. Mobile phone developments. [E-mail] Message to R G. Schmit ([email protected]). Sent Monday 7 June 2005, 08:13.
https://gog.defer.com/2004_07_01_defer_archive.htmlAvailable at: [Accessed 7 July 2005].
Copies of such correspondence should be kept, as these may need to be submitted as an appendix in an academic submission.