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Chicago Referencing Guide: Conference Papers

Conference paper as part of a book of proceedings

Format

Authors Last Name, First Name. Year. "Title of Conference Paper in Title Case." In Title of Book of Proceedings in Italic Title Case. Page numbers. Place of Publication: Publisher. URL or DOI (formatted as https://doi.org/10####)

Reference List

Singh, Kamal, and Gary Best. 2004. "Film Induced Tourism: Motivations of Visitors to the Hobbiton Movie Set as Featured in 'The Lord of the Rings'." In Proceedings of the 1st International Tourism and Media Conference, Melbourne, 2004, 98-111. Melbourne: Tourism Research Unit, Monash University.

In-Text

... (Singh and Best, 1994).

OR

Singh and Best (1994, 101) stated...

 

Notes

  • Conference papers from a book of proceedings generally follows a similar format as a chapter in an edited book. You need the paper information as well as the details of the book of proceedings.
  • Title case means to capitalise the first letter of all the major words in the title and subtitle.

Conference paper presented at a conference

Format

Author Last Name, First Name. Year. "Title of Paper in Title Case." Paper presented at Name of Conference, City, State/Country, Month Day(s), Year in italics. Place of Publication: Publisher. URL or DOI (formatted as https://doi.org/10####)

Reference List

Armstrong, Aurelia. 2003. "Foucault and the Question of Autonomy." Paper presented at the Australian Society for Continental Philosophy Conference, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia, November 20, 2003. https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:204758

 

In-Text

... (Armstrong 1996).

OR

Armstrong (1996, 23) addressed this ...

Notes

  • Conference papers generally follow a similar format as a chapter in an edited book. You need the paper information as well as the details of the conference in which it was presented.
  • Title case means to capitalise the first letter of all the major words in the title and subtitle.