Parenthetical referencing, also known as Harvard referencing, is a citation style in which partial citations (Smith 2010, p. 1) are enclosed within parentheses (round brackets) and embedded in the text, either within or after a sentence, as opposed to the footnote style. They are accompanied by a list of the full citations in alphabetical order in an end section, which is usually called "references," "reference list," "works cited" or "end-text citations."