APA vs Harvard

• In-text citation: APA — (Rasch & Born, 2013); Harvard — (Rasch and Born, 2013).
• Reference list title: APA — References; Harvard — Reference List.
• Ordering: APA alphabetizes by author; Harvard alphabetizes by author.
• APA traits: Authors are inverted with initials: Alvarez, M.; Titles use sentence case — only the first word, proper nouns, and the word after a colon are capitalized.
• Harvard traits: All authors inverted with initials, joined by 'and' (no ampersand); Article titles take 'single quotation marks'; containers are italicized.

Identical facts, different arrangement — note the author names, casing, and where the date sits. Already have a citation in one style? Convert it to the other in one click.

APA: APA cites in the text with author and date: (Alvarez, 2024) for a paraphrase, with a page or paragraph locator for quotes — (Alvarez, 2024, p. 12) or (Alvarez, 2024, para. 3). Three or more authors shorten to et al. from the first citation: (Harris et al., 2020).

Harvard: Harvard cites in the text with author and year, comma included: (Alvarez, 2024), adding a page for quotes: (Alvarez, 2024, p. 12). Three or more authors use et al.: (Harris et al., 2020). Named in your sentence, only the year is parenthesized: Alvarez (2024) argues…

Whatever your assignment, department, or journal requires — that overrules everything. When the choice is genuinely yours: pick APA if your work sits in psychology, education, nursing, business, and the social sciences, and Harvard for UK, Australian, and international universities across disciplines. Structurally, choose APA when when research was published — currency of evidence matters more to your readers, and Harvard when author–date clarity with institution-specific variants does.

Then be perfectly consistent — a clean paper in either style beats a hybrid of both, and mixed styles are the first thing graders notice. Since the generator renders both styles from one paste, switching late costs nothing.