Harvard in-text citation
Harvard is a family of author–date styles rather than one official manual. This page follows Cite Them Right, the version most UK and Australian universities adopt.
Harvard in-text citation generator
Your Harvard parenthetical citation
(Nguyen, 2021, p. 14)
Where it goes in a sentence
Sleep loss impairs next-day recall (Nguyen, 2021, p. 14).
| Situation | Harvard (Cite Them Right) | APA 7, for comparison |
|---|---|---|
| Two authors | (Nguyen and Ortiz, 2021) | (Nguyen & Ortiz, 2021) |
| Three authors | (Nguyen, Ortiz and Park, 2021) | (Nguyen et al., 2021) |
| Four or more | (Nguyen et al., 2021) | (Nguyen et al., 2021) |
| No date | (Nguyen, no date) | (Nguyen, n.d.) |
| Quotation | (Nguyen, 2021, p. 14) | (Nguyen, 2021, p. 14) |
| Several sources | (Lee, 2019; Nguyen, 2021) | (Lee, 2019; Nguyen, 2021) |
How Harvard in-text citations work
Every citation gives the author’s family name and the year of publication, so the reader can find the full entry in your reference list, which is ordered alphabetically by author. Add a page number when you quote or refer to a specific passage.
Order of multiple sources
Cite Them Right lists several sources chronologically or alphabetically; pick one and be consistent. APA requires alphabetical.
Which Harvard does my university use?
Your library’s referencing guide is the final word. The biggest variations are when “et al.” starts and whether “p.” is used before page numbers. The generator follows Cite Them Right defaults.
Harvard, like APA, uses both forms of citation. See parenthetical vs narrative for when to use each.