Subject guides: Citing and referencing: Conferences

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Conferences

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Notes:

Conference dates should be written in the form YYYY Mon DD-DD ; e.g.: 2009 Sep 12-15.
Conference paper - Internet

Format	Author AA. Title of paper. In: Title of Conference [Internet]; Date of conference; Location of conference. Place of publication: Publisher's name; Date of publication [cited YYYY Mon DD]; p. page numbers. Available from: URL or Database Name and doi (if available)
Example	Howe B, Lee P, Grechkin M, Yang ST, West JD. Deep mapping of the visual literature. In: Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on World Wide Web Companion [Internet]; 2017 Apr 3-7; Perth, Australia. Geneva; International World Wide Web Conferences Steering Committee; 2017 [cited 2021 Aug 12]; p. 1273–7. Available from: ACM Digital Library doi:10.1145/3041021.3053065

Poster session presented at conference/meeting

Format	Author AA. Title of poster. Connective phrase: Title of conference including number [Internet]; Date of conference; Location of conference. Available from: URL or Database Name and doi (if available)
Example (unpublished)	Zandbelt BB, Hoogendam JM, van Buuren M, Sack A, Kahn RS, Vink M. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation alters resting-state functional connectivity. Poster session presented at: 15th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping; 2009 Jun 18-23; San Francisco.
Example (published)	Zandbelt BB, Hoogendam JM, van Buuren M, Sack AT, Kahn RS, Vink M. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation alters resting-state functional connectivity. Neuroimage [Internet]. 2009 [cited 2021 Aug 12];47:S74. Available from: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811909704781 doi: 10.1016/S1053-8119(09)70478-1

Conference proceedings - electronic

Format

Editor AA, editor(s). Title of book [Internet]. Proceedings of the Title of Conference; Date of conference; Location of conference. Place of publication: Publisher's name; [cited YYYY Mon DD]. Available from: URL or Database Name.

Example

(no editor available)

Achieving better regulation of services [Internet]. Proceedings; 2000 Jun 26-27; Canberra. Canberra: Productivity Commission; [cited 2019 Aug 24]. 454 p. Available from: https://www.pc.gov.au/research/supporting/better-regulation

Example

(editor available)

Gregory G, editor. Rural health: the place to be [Internet]. Proceedings of the 10th National Rural Health Conference; 2009 May 17-20; Cairns, AU. Canberra: National Rural Health Alliance; [cited 2019 Aug 24]. Available from: http://ruralhealth.org.au/10thNRHC/10thnrhc.ruralhealth.org.au/general/index51c3.html?IntCatId=13

Conference paper - published

Format	Author AA. Title of paper. In: Editor AA, editor. Title of book. Proceedings of the Title of the Conference; Date of conference; Location of conference. Place of publication: Publisher's name; Year of publication. p. page numbers.
Example	Grassby AJ. Health care in the multi-cultural society. In: Walpole R, editor. Rural health. Proceedings of the Rural Health Conference of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners; 1978; Melbourne. Melbourne: The Royal Australian College of Practitioners; 1979. p. 49-50.

Conference paper - unpublished

Format	Author AA. Title of paper. Paper presented at: Title of the Conference; Date of conference; Location of conference.
Example	Bowden FJ, Fairley CK. Endemic STDs in the Northern Territory: estimations of effective rates of partner exchange. Paper presented at: The Scientific Meeting of the Royal Australian College of Physicians; 1996 Jun 24-25; Darwin.

Conference proceedings - print

Conference papers are bound together into a book known as the proceedings. The title of the book is included in the citation.
Conference proceedings will as a general rule have editors rather than authors.

Format	Editor AA, editor(s). Title of book. Title of the Conference Proceedings; Date of conference; Location of conference. Place of publication: Publisher's name; Year of publication.
Example	Harris AH, editor. Economics and health. Proceedings of the 19th Australian Conference of Health Economists; 1997 Sep 13-14; Sydney, AU. Kensington (AU): School of Health Services Management, University of New South Wales; 1998.