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HOW TO REFERENCE TECHNICAL PAPERS

 

In-text citation

 

Write the name of the author or corporate author followed by the date.

 

Example

This paper discusses the benefits and costs of airbags (SAE 2004).

 

Reference

 

Give the name of the author or corporate author then the date in brackets. Put the title of the paper followed by a full stop within single quotation marks. Write ‘Paper no.’ and give the full paper number followed by a full stop. Give the conference title, a comma, then the dates of the conference followed by a comma then the location followed by a full stop. Give the surname and initials of the conference organiser then the organising body.

 

Example

Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) (2004) ‘Airbag benefits, airbag costs’. Paper no. 2004-01-0840. SAE 2004 World Congress Exhibition, 3

August – 3 November 2004, Detroit. Smithson, J. S. Penn. Society of Automotive Engineers

© 2016 by Centre for Academic Writing and Coventry University

Based on Deane, M. (2006) Coventry University Harvard Reference Style Guide. Unpublished booklet. Coventry: Coventry University. Version 3.0.4. September 2016. Produced in collaboration with Ray Summers (Illustrations), edited by Catalina Neculai with the assistance of Lisa Ganobcsik- Williams and Erik Borg, and with input from the Coventry University Harvard Reference Style Working Party.

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