Before using this guide check with your faculty, school or department for their specific referencing guidelines
Notes:
Conference dates should be written in the form YYYY Mon DD-DD ; e.g.: 2009 Sep 12-15.
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. |
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. |
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. |
Example |
Murphy KA. Safe at heart: an empowerment approach to relationship abuse prevention. In: Connecting Research and Practice in Relationships [Internet]; 2009 Nov 7-8; QUT Kelvin Grove Campus, Brisbane. Melbourne (AU): Australian Psychological Society; 2009 [cited 2019 Dec 18]; p. 28-34. Available from: http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=203435761811048;res=IELHEA |
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. |
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 |
Format |
Author AA. Title of poster. Connective phrase: Name of conference. Number of conference. Title of conference; Date of conference; Location of conference. |
Example |
Zandbelt B, Hoogendam JM, van Buuren M, Sack A, Kahn R, 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 |
Newton, J. The lived experience of being a healthcare consumer. Poster session presented at: 8th All Together Better Health Conference; 2016 Sep 6-9; Oxford, GB. |
Patrias K. Citing medicine: the NLM style guide for authors, editors, and publishers [Internet]. 2nd ed. Wendling DL, technical editor. Bethesda (MD): National Library of Medicine (US); 2007 [updated 2009 Oct 21; cited 2019 Nov 10]. Available from: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/citingmedicine