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Harvard Referencing Guide (not including LHS): Conference paper

 

 

Harvard Style of Citing References

For a conference paper published in an edited work, use the format below.

Begin with the contribution, followed by 'In:' and the details of the edited work it is taken from. For the in-text citation, use the contributor. The reference should contain both the contributor's and the editor's details.

For an online-only conference paper, use the guidance on the Online conference paper page.


 

In text:

The in text citation is in the standard Author (year) format.

i.e.

O'Connor (2008) was able to show an example of a very amusing way to ...


 
 

In your list of references:

Contributing author's Surname, INITIALS. (Year of publication) Title of contribution. Followed by In: Surname, INITIALS., of editor of proceedings (if applicable) followed by ed or eds if relevant. Title of conference including date and place of conference. Place of publication: Publisher, Page numbers of contribution.

e.g.

O'Connor, P.J. (2008) The role of geotourism in supporting regeneration in disadvantaged rural communities in Ireland. In: Pineda, F.D. and Brebbia, C.A., eds. 3rd International Conference on Sustainable Tourism, 3-5 September 2008 Malta. Southampton: WIT Press, 267-275.

Note that the title of the edited work and 'In:' are in italics, but not the contribution title.