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Writing Center Textual Works: Conference Sessions and Presentations

Conference Sessions and Presentations

This category includes conference sessions and presentations. If a conference paper has been published in a journal, cite it as a journal article. If conference papers and presentations have been included in a published volume of the proceedings, you can cite that volume as an edited book, or you can cite the individual paper/presentation as a chapter in an edited book.

The reference structure for conference sessions and presentations is as follows:

Author Date Title Source
Conference Information DOI or URL
Presenter, A. A., & Presenter, B. B. (2019, September 1–3).

 

(2020, April 30–May 2).
Title of contribution [Type of contribution]. Conference Name, Location https://doi.org/xxxx

 

https://xxxxxx

 

Tips:

  • Include the dates of the full conference in the Date element of your reference (2019, April 12–13), even though the presentation likely took place on just one day of the conference.
  • Describe the type of source in brackets after the title. Typically, you’ll use [Conference session], [Poster presentation], or [Conference paper].

 

SOURCE TYPE REFERENCE EXAMPLE
Conference session

Cohoon, J. M., Nable, M., & Boucher, P. (2011, Oct. 12–15). Conflicted identities and sexism in computing graduate programs [Conference session]. Frontiers in Education Conference, Rapid City, SD, United States. https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.2011.6142915

Poster presentation

Dean, L. R. (2016, April 27). A decade in the Buckeye State: The effect of unemployment, home value, and local taxes on population change in the counties of Ohio between 2000 and 2010 [Poster presentation]. 20th Annual Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement Day, Baltimore, MD, United States. https://ur.umbc.edu/files/2016/06/deanLoganSm.pdf