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Leeds Harvard: Congress hearing (US)

Reference examples

US House. Committee. Year. Title. Hearing, date. Place of Publication: Publisher.

Example:

US House. Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities. 1995. Child care and child welfare. Hearing, 3 February. Washington: Government Printing Office.

Citation examples

Congress hearing (US)

US House,committee name, year.

Example:

(US House, Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, 1995).

 

When to include page numbers

You should include page numbers in your citation if you quote directly from the text, paraphrase specific ideas or explanations, or use an image, diagram, table, etc. from a source.

Example:

"It was emphasised that citations in a text should be consistent" (Jones, 2017, p.24).

When referencing a single page, you should use p. For a range of pages, use pp.

Example:

p.7 or pp.20-29.

If the page numbers are in Roman numerals, do not include p. before them.

Example:

(Amis, 1958, iv)

Common issues

When you're referencing with Leeds Harvard you may come across issues with missing details, multiple authors, edited books, references to another author's work or online items, to name a few. Here are some tips on how to deal with some common issues when using Leeds Harvard.

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