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	Merops biblio harvard Harvard bibliographic citations Merops biblio harvard automatically cross-checks Harvard citations against bibliographic lists.	Black-capped Chickadees – the state bird of Massachusetts
Variablity of citations	Harvard name–date citations can be presented in one of a variety of ways by an author. Merops biblio harvard identifies all potential discrepancies including: • authors missing (e.g. Smith 1990 should be Smith & Jones 1990) • too many authors (e.g. Smith & Jones 1990 should be Smith 1990) • one of the authors is misspelt (e.g. Smit 1990 should be Smith 1990) • accented character mismatch (e.g. Pean 1990 should be Péan 1990) • the year has been miskeyed (e.g. Smith 1990 should be Smith 1991) • surname prefix missing (e.g. Smidt 1990 should be van Smidt 1990) • acronym mismatch (WHO 1990 vs. World Health Organization 1990) • ‘in press’ matches current year (Smith, in press should be Smith 2003) • name and date are separated, e.g. Smith ’s pioneering paper (1964)
	Merops biblio harvard can be set up to correct these automatically, to prompt the user to confirm, or to query the author.
Stylistic consistency	Once identified, Merops biblio harvard can refer to a style template to present citations consistently. This example enforces a chronological sequence and applying a predefined style between citations: (Archer, 2000, Smith, 1990, Smith 1991 a)     to    (Smith 1990, 1991a; Archer 2000)
Vancouver– Harvard conversion	One of the most conspicuous demonstrations of Merops as a labour-saving tool is its ability to convert from the Vancouver to the Harvard system. This process, made possible using Merops biblio vancouver, is sometimes necessary for multiple-author books, and often crops up in journal publishing, can take hours for an editor to complete.