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Harvard Reference Style

An introduction to the Harvard referencing system with reference formats & examples. This variation of Harvard Reference Style is compiled by Nelson Mandela University Library and Information Services.

Proceedings from conferences: Reference format

A basic reference list entry for proceedings of a conference from the internet:

  • Author or authors of the paper; the surname is followed by initials
  • Year 
  • Title of conference (in italics)
  • Location and date of conference
  • DOI/Available: URL [Date of access]

 

Example:

Dawson, H. 2015. Is Alzheimer’s a transmissible disease? WHO Symposium on Dementia. Geneva, Switzerland, 3-6 April. doi: 15.1243/GH.2015.132

Conference proceedings reference format

Proceedings from conferences: Examples

 
TYPE REFERENCE LIST IN-TEXT CITATION

Conference proceedings published in book format

Full proceedings

 

Components

Author/Editor. Year. Title of conference/symposium: subtitle of conference/symposium. Location and date of conference. Place of publisher: Publisher.

 

Example:

Jones, T. (ed.). 2015. Small firms: adding the spark; the 23rd ISBA national small firms policy and research conference. Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, 15-17 November. Leeds: Institute for Small Business Affairs.

 

Paper from proceedings

 

Components

Author. Year. Title: subtitle of the conference paper. In editors of conference proceedings (eds.), Full title of conference. Location and date of conference. Place of publisher: Publisher. Page reference.

 

 

Example:

Cook, D. 2015. Developing franchised business in Scotland. In T. Jones (ed.), Small firms: adding the spark; the 23rd ISBA national small firms policy and research conference. Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, 15-17 November. Leeds: Institute for Small Business Affairs. pp. 22-23.

 

 

Notes:

To cite a paper from conference proceedings published in book format, use the same format as for a book chapter.

 

 


 

Example:

 

 

The conference (Jones, 2015:102) …

 

 

Example:

 

In his expert analysis Cook (2015:46) …

 

… (Cook, 2015:48-49).

 

 

Notes:

References to author(s) of a paper that appears as a part of conference proceedings published in book format, edited by someone else, should be cited within your text using the name of the author(s) of the paper and not the editor of the whole published proceedings.

Individual conference papers published in journals

Components:

Author. Year. Title of paper. Title of journal, volume of journal(number of issue):page reference. doi/Available: URL [Date of access].

 

Examples:

Wroe, S., Ferrara, T.L., McHenry, C.L., Curnoe, D. & Chamoli, U. 2010. The craniomandibular mechanics of being human. Proceedings of the Royal Society B/Biological Sciences, 277:3579–3586. doi: http://dx.doi.org /10.1098/rspb.2010.0509

 

Notes:

If no DOI is assigned to online content, use this format: Available: URL [Date of access].

Examples:

(Wroe, Ferrara, McHenry, Curnoe & Chamoli, 2010:3580).

 

Wroe et al. (2010:3581-3582) state …

 

Notes:

When a work has three or more authors, cite all authors the first time the reference occurs, but in subsequent citations only use the first author’s last name followed by “et al.”

Conference/Symposium papers from the internet

Components

Author of the paper. Year. Title of paper. Title of conference. Location and date of conference. doi/Available: URL [Date of access].

 

Example:

Dawson, H. 2015. Is Alzheimer’s a transmissible disease? WHO Symposium on Dementia. Geneva, Switzerland, 3-6 April. doi: 15.1243/GH.2015.132

 

Notes:

If no DOI is assigned to online content, use this format: Available: URL [Date of access].

 

Example:

 

According to Dawson (2015) …

 

… (Dawson, 2015).

 

 

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