The Coventry University Guide to Referencing in Harvard Style

HOW TO REFERENCE A PUBLISHED CONFERENCE PAPER

 

This page provides advice on referencing a specific conference paper published in a volume of conference proceedings, either in print or eletronically.

 

CHECK ALSO:

 

-How to reference an entire volume of conference proceedings

-How to reference a conference presentation (or unpublished conference paper)

 

 

1A. Conference papers published in print

 

In-text citation

 

Write the author's name followed by the year of publication. Whenever you make reference to a specific point in the paper, also include the page number/s (if available), preceded by a colon.

 

Examples

Shah (1992:23) discusses the key issues affecting the neuro-rehabilitation services in the Midlands.

A paper presented at this conference discussed the neuro-rehabilitation services in the Midlands (Shah 1992).

 

Reference

Provide the author’s surname and initials then the year in brackets. Put the title of the paper within single quotation marks followed by a full stop. Write ‘in’ then give the surname and initials of the editor/s of the conference proceedings, followed by ‘ed.’ (for a single editor) or 'eds.' (for multiple editors) in brackets. Write the title of the conference proceedings in italics followed by a comma, then the title of the conference within single quotation marks followed by a full stop. Write ‘held’ and then give the full date of the conference, then write ‘at’ followed by the place (university/town/city) where the conference was held. Finally, give the place of publication followed by a colon, then the publisher. Add a comma and the page numbers of the paper.

 

Example
Shah, A. (1992) ‘Neuro-rehabilitation Services in the Midlands’. in Wood, P. (ed.) Proceedings of the Coventry Conference on Local

Psychology Provision, ‘Practical Psychology: How to Improve’. held 7-9 March 1990 at Coventry University. London: Prentice Hall, 8-20

 

1B. Conference papers published electronically

 

In-text citation

 

Write the author's name followed by the year of publication. Whenever you make reference to a specific point in the paper, also include the page number/s (if available), preceded by a colon.

 

Examples

Seetal (2013) states that South African soil has high evaporation rate.

South African soil has high evaporation rate (Seetal 2013).

 

Reference

 

Provide the author’s surname and initials then the year in brackets. Put the title of the paper within single quotation marks followed by a full stop. Write ‘in’ then give the surname and initials of the editor/s of the conference proceedings followed by ‘ed.’ (for a single editor) or 'eds.' (for multiple editors) in brackets. If no editor/s are available, proceed to the next step. Write the title of the conference proceedings in italics followed by a comma, then (if available) the title of the conference within single quotation marks followed by a full stop. Write ‘held’ and then give the full date of the conference, then write ‘at’ followed by the place (university/town/city) where the conference was held. Finally, write [online] then 'available from' followed by the URL and the date you have accessed the document in square brackets.

 

Example

Seetal, A. (2013) 'A Snapshot: Issues and Perspectives on Water and Agriculture in South Africa' in International Conference on the

Political Economy of Agricultural Policy in Africa. held 18-20 March at Roodevallei, Pretoria. [online] available from <http://www.future-agricultures.org/pp-conference-papers/political-economic-aspects-of-water-policies/1699-a-snapshot-issues-and-perspectives-on-water-agriculture-in-south-africa/file> [19 January 2016]