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MLA - Referencing Guide

Conference Papers

Information

More specific information is available for Books and Journal Articles.

Do include the protocol (http:// or https://) with DOIs

Do not include the protocol (http:// or https://) in URLs unless hyperlinking to the resource (unless using a software program such as EndNote that does not allow links without the protocol).

 Cite by title if no author or editor is given.

Additional information must be provided (depending on the type of electronic publication) to correctly identify that you accessed the document in an electronic format.

The authors' names are given as they appear on the publication you have used, i.e., use full first name where provided or first name initials where initials only are provided.

Titles are given maximal capitalisation (title case).

Format

Standard format for citation

Conference paper in print proceedings:

Author's Surname, Given Names, and Given Names Author's Surname. "Title of Paper." Title of Published Proceedings: Proceedings of the Title of Conference, Location, Date. Edited by Editors Names, Publisher, Year, pp. page numbers.

 

Conference paper from the internet:

Author's Surname, Given Names, and Given Names Author's Surname. "Title of Paper." Title of Published Proceedings: Proceedings of the Title of Conference, Location, Date. Edited by Editors Names, Publisher, Year, pp. page numbers. Database Name (if applicable), Internet address.

 

Conference proceedings:

Editor's Surname, Given Names, and Given Names Editor's Surname, editors. Title of Conference: Proceedings of the Conference Name, Location, Date. Name of  Publisher, Year.

Examples

Conference paper in print proceedings

Mann, Jill. "Chaucer and the 'Woman Question.'" This Noble Craft: Proceedings of the Tenth Research Symposium of the Dutch and Belgian University Teachers of Old and Middle English and Historical Linguistics, Utrecht, 19-20 January 1989. Edited by Erik Kooper, Rodopi, 1991, pp.173-88.

Progovac, Ljiljana. "What Use is Half a Clause?" The Evolution of Language: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference (EVOLANG7), Barcelona, Spain, 12-15 March 2008. Edited by Andrew D.M. Smith, et al., World Scientific, 2008, pp. 259-66.

Conference paper from the internet

Zheng, Hongyan, et al. "Evaluation of Factors Affecting the Efficacy of English Acquisition in CALL Environment." International Conference on Computer Technology and Development, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, 13-15 November 2009. Vol. 2., IEEE Computer Society, 2009, pp. 494-96. IEEE Xplore, ieeexplore.ieee.org.libproxy.murdoch.edu.au/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=5360035.

Conference proceedings

Balakian, Anna, and James J. Wilhelm, editors. Proceedings of the Xth Congress of the International Comparative Literature Association: New York, NY, 1982. Garland, 1985.

Conference (no editors)

Australian Film Commission Multimedia Conference, 4th, 1998. Being Connected: The Studio in the Networked Age. AFC, 1998.


See the All Examples page for examples of in-text and reference list entries for specific resources such as articles, books, and web pages.