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Leeds Harvard: cite a published conference paper
A source-specific Leeds Harvard example, the details to collect and the checks needed for a published conference paper.
Choose the actual source form
This example concerns a paper in published proceedings. A paper delivered at a meeting but never published, a proceedings book and a proceedings article in a journal are different source forms. Identify the version you actually read before selecting a template.
Use the named convention
Harvard is a family of author-date conventions. This guide explicitly uses the University of Leeds version and its published source-type guidance. Check that your institution requires this variant before copying the punctuation or element order.
- This guide explicitly uses Leeds Harvard.
- The meeting details are not the same as the publisher location.
Gather the source details
- Find the published paper and its proceedings record.
- Keep paper author and paper title separate from proceedings editors and title.
- Record publication details and the paper’s pages.
- Retain meeting dates and location when the selected form needs them.
- Author
- Maya Stone
- Title as supplied
- A conference paper
- Publication year
- 2024
- Containing work or site
- Proceedings of the Sample Symposium
- Editor
- Leo Rowan
- Publisher
- Example Press
- Published pages
- 12-18
- Publication place
- London
- Meeting dates
- 1–2 June 2024
- Meeting place
- London
An independently written example
This is an invented publication used to demonstrate the reference structure. The text below is a plain-text example; use the typography notes above for the required italics or quotation marks.
Stone, M. 2024. A conference paper. In: Rowan, L. ed. Proceedings of the Sample Symposium, 1–2 June 2024, London. London: Example Press, pp.12-18.
Review the part that is easy to miss
The conference year can differ from the publication year. A meeting location is not automatically a publisher location, and an online slide deck is not evidence that a paper appeared in published proceedings.
The workbench does not provide a Leeds Harvard template; follow the linked Leeds guidance for this example.
Follow the Leeds guidance directly
The workbench does not provide a Leeds Harvard template; follow the linked Leeds guidance for this example.
Keep the source record with you
Use Citelle to keep bibliographic details and prepare reference drafts on your phone. Compare the final entry with the actual work and the convention required by your instructor or publisher before submitting it.