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Referencing with Harvard

Making a direct quote and reference

In-text reference

Kar (2011) on the 4 P’s of Marketing states “this is one of the preliminary knowledge every marketer must have and is considered to be the basics of every marketing theory, which emerged henceforth”.

Author = A. Kar.

Count the words in the 2nd sentence = 25 words i.e. a small quote.

Direct = use the name of the author in the sentence.

Online resource without a page = no page number.

 

Reference list

Use the guidelines of a blog post for the reference list:

Author, Initials., Year. Title of individual blog entry. Blog title, [medium] Blog posting date. Available at: include web site address/URL (Uniform Resource Locator) [Accessed date].

Kar, A., 2011. The 4 P’s of Marketing, Business Fundas, [blog] 3 march. Available at: https://businessfundas.wordpress.com/2011/03/03/the-4-ps-of-marketing-the-marketing-mix-strategies/ [Accessed: 26 November 2021].