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Referencing: APA Style 7th Edition

This is a guide to using the Citing and Referencing: APA 7th Edition

Notes:

  • Published conference proceedings: use journal article, edited book or edited book chapter.
  • Use full date of conference (YYYY, Month DD–Month DD).

The basics of a reference list entry for a paper in a published conference proceedings:

  • Author or authors of paper. Surname followed by first initials.
  • Year.
  • Title of paper.
  • Editors of conference proceedings.
  • Title of conference proceedings (in italics).
  • Pages of paper (in round brackets).
  • Publisher.
  • DOI or URL
  • The first line of each citation is left adjusted. Every subsequent line is indented 5-7 spaces.
Format: Presenter, A. A., & Presenter, B. B. (YYYY, Month DD–Month DD) Title of paper or poster [Type of contribution]. Conference Name, Location. https://doi.org/xxxx or https://xxxxx

Examples:

Muhamad, M., Sapuan, N. & Sahlan, N. (2019, August 24–30) Library makeover: The sanctuary of the mind [Poster presentation]. International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, World Library and Information Congress 2019, Libraries: dialogue for change, Athens, Greece. http://library.ifla.org/id/eprint/2826 

In-text referencing:

Jodel, et al. (2009) ...                                              OR ... (Jodel, et al., 2009)

Muhamed, et al. (2019)                                                      OR ...(Muhamed, et al., 2019)

 

Format: Contributor, A. A. & Contributor, B. B. (YYYY, Month DD–DD). Title of paper [Type of contribution]. Conference Name, Location. https://doi.org/xxxx or https://xxxxx

Examples:

Basole, R.C. (2007, 9-11 July). The emergence of the mobile enterprise: A value-driven perspective, in N. Archer, K. Hassanein & Y. Yuan (eds.), ICMB 2007 conference proceedings. Ontario, Canada. Los Alamitos, Calif.: IEEE Computer Society  [Electronic]. Retrieved from http://ieeexplore.ieee.org.ez.sun.ac.za/xpl/mostRecentIssue.jsp?punumber=4278534

In-text referencing: Basole (2019) ...                                  OR ...(Basole, 2019)

 

Format: Contributor, A. A. & Contributor, B. B. (YYYY). Title of paper. Journal Title, volume number(issue number), page–page. https://doi.org/xxxxx

Examples:

MacDonald, B. M., & Strutt, A. M. (2019). Cultural neuropsychology in action: Hispanic Neuropsychological Society 2019 Conference Proceedings. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology: the Official Journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists34(7), 1232–1233. https://doi.org/10.1093/arclin/acz030

In-text referencing: Mohamed (2019) ...                                  OR ...(Mohamed, 2019)

 

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