Online journal article
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Format for in-text citation
In-text citation example
Gorman (2008) argues that…
OR
…was argued (Gorman 2008).
Format for reference list
Elements, punctuation & capitalisation
Author (Year of publication), 'Title of article', Name of Publication, Volume(Issue):Page numbers, doi:number OR url
Reference list example
Article with page numbers:
Gorman GE (2008), 'The plague of plagiarism in an online world', Online Information Review, 32(4):297-301. https://doi.org/10.1108/14684520810889637
Article without page numbers:
Padilla T (2016), 'Humanities data in the library: integrity, form, access', D-Lib Magazine, 22(3/4). http://www.dlib.org/dlib/march16/padilla/03padilla.html
Style notes for this reference type
Please note that the style manual used to create this guide to Harvard, The Australian Government Style Manual, does not provide specific advice on citing online journal articles. These guidelines are based on the general advice on citing online sources.
You should cite an electronic journal article in the same way as a printed journal article, with the addition of the following in the entry in the reference list:
- The date you viewed the article, for example: viewed 2 June 2016.
- the URL of the article http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140197116300057.
If there are no page numbers, these can be omitted.
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