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Harvard Solent Referencing Guide

Authors with the same name and year of publication

If there are two or more different authors with the same surname who have published material in the same year, add the initial after the surname to differentiate them.
 

In-text reference example

As outlined by Martin, J. (2018, p.31) it is clear ….  This is also evidenced … (Martin, L. 2018).

 

Reference list examples

MARTIN, J., 2018.  Academic writing explained.  Southampton: Solent Publishing

MARTIN, L., 2018.  How to succeed in your studies.  Southampton: Solent Publishing

List the items in your full reference list by alphabetical order of surname within the whole list and then by initial where the surnames and year of publication are the same.  Where the surnames are the same but the year of publication is different, reference each item as you would normally by author surname and year.