Note: True Harvard Referencing requires only an in-text citation when referencing a Dictionary or Encyclopaedia. However, your teacher may require a reference list entry for them as well. Please check with your teacher to ensure you satisfy their requirements.
Dictionaries
In-text Citation
Rule = Dictionary name (Year) OR Dictionary name (Year:page number)
According to the Dictionary of botanical names: Australian plant names (2020) the common name for fragaria is strawberry.
OR
The Dictionary of botanical names: Australian plant names entry for fragaria states ‘L. fraga, strawberry’ (2020:77) indicating the name fragaria has latin origins and the common name of the plant being strawberry.
Reference list
Author AA (Year) Title of dictionary, Name of Publisher, Place of Publication OR URL.
OR
Editor EE (ed) (Year) Title of dictionary, Name of Publisher, Place of Publication OR URL.
Humm M (2022) The dictionary of feminist theory, Edinburgh University Press, https://research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=b4f17fb9-7dd5-30b9-968f-deb98f999bd8.
Perrin D (2020) Dictionary of botanical names: Australian plant names, JT Press, Kippa-Ring.
Nyandwi V (2022) Comprehensive English-Kirundi dictionary, Tablo.
Peberdy R and Waller P (eds) (2021) A dictionary of British and Irish history, Wiley Blackwell, https://research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=43628246-e327-34fd-bf52-b48b93d0df3f.
Encyclopaedia
In-text Citation
Rule = Encyclopaedia name (Year) OR Encyclopaedia name (Year:page number)
According to The illustrated encyclopaedia of extinct animals (2024), the giant moas of New Zealand were hunted as a meat source by the Māori.
OR
The illustrated encyclopaedia of extinct animals states ‘When the Māori arrived, they also hunted the giant moas, which proved to be an easy source of meat’ (2024:102).
Reference list
Rule = Author AA (Year) ‘Encyclopaedia entry title’ in Title of encyclopaedia, Publisher, Place of Publication.
OR
Author AA (Year) ‘Encyclopaedia entry title’ in Title of encyclopaedia, accessed Day Month Year, URL.
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Author AA (Year) Title of encyclopaedia, Publisher, Place of Publication.
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Author AA (Year) ‘Title of chapter: subtitle of chapter’, in Editor E (ed) Title of encyclopaedia: subtitle of book, Name of Publisher, URL.
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‘Entry title’ (Year) in Title of encyclopaedia, accessed Day Month Year, URL.
Abolfazli S, Sanaei Z, Hadi Sanaei M, Shojafar M and Gani A (2016) ‘Mobile cloud computing’, in Murugesan S and Bojanova I (eds) Encyclopedia of cloud computing, John Wiley & Sons, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/tafeqld/detail.action?docID=4526670.
Bayly S (2024) The illustrated encyclopaedia of extinct animals, Hachette Australia, Sydney.
The encyclopedia of cocktails (2021) Cider Mill Press Book Publishers, Kennebunkport.
Ermatinger JW (2022) All things ancient Greece: an encyclopedia of the Greek world, Greenwood, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/tafeqld/detail.action?docID=7097747.
Foyle C (2025) ‘Unaipon, David’ in World book advanced, accessed 14 March 2025, https://www-worldbookonline-com.tafeqld.idm.oclc.org/advanced/article?id=ar758816.
‘Moa’ (2025) in Encyclopaedia Britannica, accessed 14 March 2025, https://www.britannica.com/animal/moa.