Upgrade StorageLeeds Harvard referencing
In settings I see the 'University of Leeds - Harvard' citation style was updated 4 months ago (May 2025). The UoL library website says "library staff produce and maintain the Leeds Harvard ... output styles for use in Endnote" only, not for other software like Zotero. So my first question is who manages this style in Zotero? It has served me well for 4 years but I now find it does not include
[ONLINE].
[Accessed ..date..].
Available from: DOI / URL links
in the reference list where it should. I can see these sections in the style editor but likely with some conditions that should be removed.
[ONLINE].
[Accessed ..date..].
Available from: DOI / URL links
in the reference list where it should. I can see these sections in the style editor but likely with some conditions that should be removed.
If you see an issue, you can report it here with a concrete example and a link to the current guidelines of the style.
The guidelines are here, specifically I'm looking at the most quoted which is journal article: https://library.leeds.ac.uk/referencing-examples/9/leeds-harvard/11/journal-article and the following comment:
"If you are referencing a journal article which you have read online (on a website or as a PDF), you should include [online], the DOI if available (or the URL if no DOI is available), and the access date in your reference. DOIs can be identified as a long code starting with “10.” and should be presented in your reference as a link (...) This advice was updated in September 2024."
A concrete example:
Efthymiou, D., Antoniou, C. and Waddell, P. 2013. Factors affecting the adoption of vehicle sharing systems by young drivers. Transport Policy. 29, pp.64–73.
Should be:
Efthymiou, D., Antoniou, C. and Waddell, P. 2013. Factors affecting the adoption of vehicle sharing systems by young drivers. Transport Policy. [Online]. 29, pp.64–73. [Accessed 3 April 2024]. Available from: doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2013.04.009
I will be submitting an updated version of the Leeds Harvard CSL soon.
This version of the CSL file has the necessary updates for DOIs/URLs:
https://github.com/uol-library/CSL-styles/blob/master/harvard-university-of-leeds.csl
You can use it by downloading the file (via this URL: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/uol-library/CSL-styles/refs/heads/master/harvard-university-of-leeds.csl) and then following the guidance here: https://www.zotero.org/support/dev/citation_styles/style_editing_step-by-step#install_your_edited_style_with_zotero