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Harvard (author-date) style examples

Conference papers

Published paper

Elements of the citation

Author(s) of paper -surname and initials Year of publication, 'Title of paper - in single quotation marks' [in] Editor (if applicable), Title of published proceeding which may include place held and date(s) - italicised, Publisher, Place of publication, Page numbers.

Citing example: In text:

Common (2001) addresses the key theme of the conference.

Reference list
Common, M 2001, 'The role of economics in natural heritage decision making', in Heritage economics: challenges for heritage conservation and sustainable development in the 21st century: proceedings of the International Society for Ecological Economics conference, Canberra, 4 July 2000, Australian Heritage Commission, Canberra.

Unpublished papers

Citing example: In text:

Byas (2003) concludes that there is little evidence that child-focussed guidelines have had an appreciable effect within the court or beyond it.

Reference list
Byas, A 2003, 'Family law: old shadows and new directions', paper presented to the eighth Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference, Melbourne, 12-14 February.

 

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