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--- kb:harvard_style [2009/08/29 07:10] – komrade
+++ kb:harvard_style [2020/08/15 12:31] (current) – Streamline, add link to Search by Example tool. bwiernik
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-==== What is the Official Harvard Style? ====
+====== What is the official Harvard style? ======
-"Harvard Style" is a popular name for the (Author-Date) type of Parenthetical referencing.
+"Harvard style" is a popular name for the author-date type of parenthetical referencing.
-It is not affiliated with Harvard University, and there is no 'official' Harvard Style.
+This way of referencing does not originate from Harvard University.((Anecdotal evidence suggests the name originates with an English visitor of the Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology. See Chernin, Eli (1988). [[http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?artid=1834803&blobtype=pdf|"The 'Harvard system': a mystery dispelled"]], //British Medical Journal//. October 22, 1988, pp. 1062–1063.)) There are many variants of "Harvard style" in use, and there is no "official" Harvard Style.
-[[style_standards|Professional association styles]] of the (Author-Date) type should be consulted for an 'official' guide.
+If you are looking for a style called "Harvard", you can check the many "Harvard" styles [[https://www.zotero.org/styles?q=harvard|available in the Zotero Style Repository]] to see if there's one for your institution.
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+If there isn't a style for your institution, you can use the [[https://editor.citationstyles.org/searchByExample|CSL Search by Example tool]] to find a style that matches your institution's style guide.
-Author-Date referencing picked up the Harvard name when it was first used at the Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology in 1881.  [[http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1834803|This article]] provides the historical details.
+If you're not able to find a good match, you can [[https://github.com/citation-style-language/styles/wiki/Requesting-Styles|request a new style]].
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+{{tag>kb styles}}