Citing Websites in Harvard Style (UK Edition): The Edge Cases
Government reports, blogs, X/Twitter posts, AI chatbots, and pages with no author - exactly how to cite each.
Most Harvard guides cover books and journals well but fall apart on web sources. UK markers see the same five edge cases over and over.
Five common patterns
1. Government report: Department for Education (2024) Title. London: DfE. 2. Blog post: Author, A. (Year) Title, Site name, Day Month. URL. 3. X/Twitter: Handle [@username] (Year) 'Tweet text', Day Month. URL. 4. Page no author: use the organisation. 5. AI chatbot: only if permitted - see our ChatGPT citation guide.
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