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Referencing for Vietnam Campus: RMIT Harvard Style

Introduction

Following RMIT Harvard style, in-text citation includes family name of the author, and each reference list entry will also start with author's family name.

  • In Western name format, the surname appears at the last of the full name. For example, David Anderson, then Anderson is the surname.
  • In Chinese or some other Asian names, the surname appears at the first, so do not invert the order of the name(s) when citing

            For example, Liu Woon Chia, then Liu is the surname.

  • In some other Asian names, there are no surname elements. As such, use the first name element. 

Example

Author's name In-text Citation Reference list Note
Chinese Name
Chong Jia Qiang  (Chong 2014) Chong JQ
Jonathan Goh Wee Pin (Goh 2014) Goh JWP Chinese name with English first name
Malaysian & Indian name
  • For Malay and Indian names, cite them in the same way as they appear in their respective publications.
  • Do not include patronymic nouns (bin, binti/binte), patronymic phrases (s/o, d/o), or titles such as Tun, Dato or Dr.
  • For in-text citations, use only the first name.
Ungku A. Aziz Ungku Abdul Hamid (Ungku A. Aziz 2014) Ungku A. Aziz UAH Malay name without surname
Asmah Binti Omar (Asmah 2014) Asmah O ''
Haji Ahmah Haji Awang (Ahmah 1989) Ahmad A ''
Tan Sri Datuk Hamzah Sendut (Hamzah 1989) Hamzah S ''
Mukhtiar Kaur (Mukhtiar 2014) Mukhtiar K Indian name without surname 
Romesh Chunder Dutt (Dutt  1906) Dutt RC Indian names with surname
G. Sivalingam (Sivalingam 2014) Sivalingam G ''

(Source: Adapted from https://sunwayjb.libguides.com/harvardreferencingstyle/in_text)