How to Cite a Website in Harvard Referencing

Aprende el formato exacto con ejemplos, citas en texto y errores comunes a evitar.

Formato de cita

Plantilla básica

Author(s) (Year) Title of page, available at: URL (accessed: Day Month Year).

Componentes de la cita

Author or Organization

Full name or organization. If no author, begin with title.

Year

Year of publication in parentheses: (Year).

Page Title

Title of page in single quotation marks.

Website Name

Optional but helpful for context.

URL

Full web address after 'available at:'

Access Date

Day Month Year format in parentheses: (accessed: Day Month Year).

Ejemplo real

Fuente de ejemplo

author

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

year

2023

title

Understanding COVID-19

url

https://www.niaid.nih.gov/diseases-conditions/coronavirus

access_date

15 June 2023

Cita formateada

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (2023) 'Understanding COVID-19', available at: https://www.niaid.nih.gov/diseases-conditions/coronavirus (accessed: 15 June 2023).

Cita en texto

(NIAID 2023)

(Author Year) or (Author Year:page)

Errores comunes

Incorrecto:

NIAID, 2023. Understanding COVID-19. https://...

Correcto:

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (2023) 'Understanding COVID-19', available at: https://... (accessed: Date).

Por qué: Use (Year), single quotation marks for title, 'available at:' phrase, and access date in parentheses.

Incorrecto:

National Institute (2023). COVID-19. NIAID website. Retrieved from https://...

Correcto:

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (2023) 'Understanding COVID-19', available at: https://... (accessed: Date).

Por qué: Use full official name, single quotation marks, 'available at:' (not 'Retrieved from'), and standard access date format.

Incorrecto:

(National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 2023) - full name in in-text citation

Correcto:

(NIAID 2023) - use acronym or shortened form

Por qué: In Harvard, use abbreviated author name in in-text citations if established first.

Preguntas frecuentes

Do I need to include the access date?

Yes, Harvard requires (accessed: Day Month Year) for all website citations.

What if there's no author?

Start with the website name or title: Website Name (Year) 'Title'...

Should I include 'www.' in the URL?

Yes, include the full URL including protocol: https://www.example.com

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