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Conference Proceedings

Format

Author, AA Year of publication, Title of conference, Publisher, Location.

Author, AA Year of publication, Title of conference, viewed Day Month Year, <http//xxxxx>

Example

Bazirjian, R & Speck, V (eds) 2002, Charleston Conference proceedings, Libraries Unlimited, Westport, CO.

Australian Psychological Society's Psychology of Relationships Interest Group Conference proceedings 2008, viewed 1 August 2012, <http://ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/login?url=http://search.informit.com.au/browsePublication;res=IELHSS;isbn=9780909881375>

Conference Paper - Published

Format - Paper in published proceedings

Author, AA Year of publication, 'Title of paper', Title of proceedings including year and number, Organisation name, Conference location, Conference date, pp. xx

Author, AA Year of publication, 'Title of paper', Title of proceedings including year and number, Organisation name, Conference location, Conference date, pp. xx, viewed Day Month Year, <http://xxxxx>

Examples

Tester, JW 2008, 'The future of geothermal energy as a major global energy supplier', Proceedings of the Sir Mark Oliphant International Frontiers of Science and Technology Australian Geothermal Energy Conference, Geoscience Australia, Canberra, 19-22 August 2008, viewed 5 January 2010, <http://www.ga.gov.au/image_cache/GA11825.pdf>

Edge, M 1996, 'Lifetime prediction: Fact or fancy?', Proceedings of the Conference on Research Techniques in Photographic Conservation, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, 14-19 May 1995, pp 97-100.

Kahn, JT 2011, 'Electrical and mechanical design of multipurpose ducted-fan type VTOL UAV', 2011 24th Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE), Niagara Falls, Canada, 8-11 May 2011, pp. 15-20, viewed 16 May 2012,  <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/mostRecentIssue.jsp?punumber=6019108>

Conference Paper - Unpublished

Format - Unpublished paper, paper presentation or poster session

Presenter, AA Year of presentation, 'Title of paper or poster session', paper presented at xxxxx, Conference location, Conference date.

Example

Bernecky, R 2003, 'An SPMD/SIMD Parallel Tokenizer for APL', paper presented at APL 2003 : Stretching the Mind, San Diego, CA, 11-14 June 2003.

EndNote Reference Type

Conference proceedings - Book or Electronic Book

Conference paper (unpublished) - Conference paper

Conference paper (published) - Book section or Electronic book section or Journal article or Electronic article

Citing a Source Within a Source

When citing a source you haven't read yourself, but which is referred to in a source you have read.

In-text reference

Lilly (as cited in Maxwell 1999, p.25) stated that '...'

'...' (Schwartz as cited in Burton, Westen & Kowalski 2009, p.63)

Reference list

Maxwell, F 1999, Phonology, Brooks Cole, San Francisco.

Burton L, Westen D & Kowalski R 2009, Psychology, Wiley, Milton, Qld.

No Author / Editor

General guidelines

If there is no author - substitute the title in the position of the author.

Format

Title of work Year of publication, Publisher, Location.

Examples

Macroeconomics, prices and quantities: Essays in memory of Arthur M. Okun 1983, Blackwell, Oxford, England.

No Location / No Publisher / No Year

General guidelines

If the location is not known - substitute n.p. in place of the location.

There are no guidelines for citing works with no publisher in the Style Manual: For Authors, Editors and Printers.  It is acceptable in other styles to use the location and date.  Consult your lecturer before citing material without a publisher.

If the date is not known - substitute an approximate date (c. for circa or ? after date) or n.d. in place of the year.

Format - no date

Author, AA c. year, Title of work, Publisher, Location.

Author, AA n.d., Title of work, Publisher, Location.

Author, AA 1943?, Title of work, Publisher, Location.

Examples

Smythe, V c. 2007, Ant colonies: How they communicate, Emu, Canberra.

Browne, JD n.d., Forensic science as a career, Tower, London.