Elsevier Harvard vs Traditional Harvard

Justicio
Can someone tell me why Elsevier Harvard referencing uses no bracket for the year and the traditional Harvard referencing should have a bracket? Does it matter?

For example:
Johnson, A (2011)
Johnson, A., 2011.
  • dstillman
    There's no such thing as "Traditional Harvard".

    https://www.zotero.org/support/kb/harvard_style
  • Justicio
    I know that it does not originate from Harvard U! My question is about the bracket. I learned that we use the bracket for the year in the references, however, Zotero's Harvard style does not use the bracket. Why not?
  • adamsmith
    It's not just that it's not from Harvard. They're simply is no 'traditional' Harvard style. Every style using author and date in the text is 'Harvard'. Zotero has hundreds of those: zotero.org/styles . What matters is what you're supposed to use, which we can't tell you.

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