Harvard Referencing Guide

• For conference papers published online, hyperlink the title. If you’re citing a PDF, avoid linking directly to the PDF. Instead link to the page that hosts the PDF.

Published conference paper and presentation

Elements of the reference

Author A (Day Month Year) ‘Title of paper: subtitle of paper’ [conference presentation], Name of Conference, Place of Conference, accessed Day Month Year.

In-text citation

Blunden (2007) OR (Blunden 2007)

Reference list

Blunden J (9–12 May 2007) ‘Plain or just dull? Collateral damage from the Plain English movement’ [conference presentation], 3rd IPEd Conference, Tasmania, accessed 3 May 2019.

Unpublished conference paper

Elements of the reference

Author A (Day Month Year) ‘Title of paper: subtitle of paper’ [unpublished conference presentation], Name of Conference, Place of Conference.

Reference list

Blunden J (9–12 May 2007) ‘Plain or just dull? Collateral damage from the Plain English movement’ [unpublished conference presentation], 3rd IPEd Conference, Hobart.

• If the thesis is online, hyperlink the title and include an accessed date. If you’re citing a PDF, avoid linking directly to the PDF. Instead link to the page that hosts the PDF.

Published thesis

Elements of the reference

Author A (Year) Title of thesis: subtitle of thesis [type of thesis], Name of University, accessed Day Month Year.

In-text citation

(Rahman 2013) OR Rahman (2013)

Reference list

Rahman M (2013) Using authentic materials in the writing classes: tertiary level scenario [master’s thesis], BRAC University, accessed 5 May 2017.

Unpublished thesis

Elements of the reference

Author A (Year) Title of thesis: subtitle of thesis [unpublished type of thesis], Name of University, accessed Day Month Year.

Reference list

Rahman M (2013) Using authentic materials in the writing classes: tertiary level scenario [unpublished master’s thesis], BRAC University, accessed 5 May 2017.