I can't find any page numbers but I want to use a direct quotation - how can I cite the source in a Harvard style?

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Page numbers

Electronic books read via an e-reader such as the Kindle do not have traditional page numbers. In this case, if you need to use a quotation from this source, use the chapter numbers for indicating the location of the quoted section:

Harvard (Cite Them Right) example:

Jones (2016, ch. 4) states that….

If you wish to cite a web resource that does not include page numbers, you can include any of the following in the text to cite the quotation:

A paragraph number, if provided; alternatively, you could count paragraphs down from the beginning of the document

Example

Lomotey (2018, para. 4) said ‘the children remained calm like professionals’. 

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