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Conference proceedings may be published or unpublished, for unpublished proceedings, use the date of the conference, giving the month and year instead of a publication date.
Reference list:
Surname, INITIALS. (Date). Paper title. Paper presented at Conference name, Sponsoring body's name, Location.
Wyse, D. (2005, April). Two tears for the primary curriculum. Paper presented at the How special are subjects?, Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA), London.
In-text:
(Wyse, 2005)
**Please note that the sponsoring body is the body sponsoring the conference and not the institution that the speaker is affiliated with**
Conference proceedings may be published or unpublished, for unpublished proceedings, use the date of the conference, giving the month and year instead of a publication date.
Reference list:
Surname, INITIALS. (Date). Paper title. In Surname, INITIALS. Title, Symposium title, Location.
Wyse, D. (2009, September). Reform of the primary curriculum in England since 1988. In I. Menter (Chair), Curriculum Reform in Four Nations – a Home International Policy Symposium. Symposium at the British Educational Research Association (BERA) annual conference, University of Manchester.
In-text:
(Wyse, 2009)
Cite using the same format as for a book or a chapter in a book.
Reference List:
Author Surname, INITIALS. (Year). Conference paper title. In Editor
First Initial. Editor Surname (Ed.), Title of book (pages of chapter). Place of publication: Publisher.
Nelson, B., & Murphy, W. (2013). The simulation curmudgeon. In IEEE (Ed.), Proceedings of the 2013 Winter Simulation Conference: simulation: making decisions in a complex world (pp. 4–5). Piscataway, New Jersey: IEEE Press.
In-text:
(Nelson & Murphy, 2013)
Cite using the same format as for an article.
Reference list:
Surname, INITIALS. (year). Paper title. Journal title, volume (part number), pages.
Bridges, D. (1975). What's the use of meetings?. Proceedings of the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain, IX, 7-25
In-text:
(Bridges, 1975)
Cite using the same format as for an online reference work, providing the DOI if available.
DOI available
Reference list:
Surname, INITIALS. (Year, Month date). Paper title. Paper presented at Conference name: subtitle of conference. doi:10.XXX/XXXXX.XX
Beechener, K. (2007, June 24) Using Web 2.0 Technologies to Support Distance Learners. Paper presented at Distance Learning Administration, Georgia. doi:
In-text:
(Beechener, 2007)
No DOI
Reference list:
Author surname, INITIALS. (Year, Month date). Paper title. Paper presented at Conference name: Subtitle of Conference. Retrieved from URL
Beechener, K. (2007, June 24) Using Web 2.0 Technologies to Support Distance Learners. Paper presented at Distance Learning Administration, Georgia. Retrieved from http://www.open.ac.uk/opencetl/resources/colmsct-resources/beechener-k-2007-using-web-20-technologies-support-distance-learners
In-text:
(Beechener, 2007)
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