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APA Citation

Conferences and Symposia

Conferences

  • These works include paper presentations, poster sessions, and keynote addresses
  • Include a descriptive label after the title in square brackets, for example [Poster presentation]
  • Include the full day range and the location of the conference

 

Example keynote speech

Creese, G. (2012, October 12). Migration, gender and identity across generations [Keynote speech]. Kwantlen Polytechnic University 2nd Annual Sociology Undergraduate Student Conference, Surrey, BC, Canada.

Example poster presentation

Djokic, M. (2014, June 2-5). Examining library's information literacy instruction in support of student research skills competencies [Poster presentation]. International Association of University Libraries (IATUL) 35th Annual Conference, Helsinki, Finland. http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/iatul/2014/posters/2/

 

In-text citations (if quoting from proceedings, also include the specific part of the source)

(Creese, 2012) ... (Djokic, 2014).

 

Symposia

  • List the contributor as author, and the individual contribution as the title
  • Include the full day range and location of the symposium
  • List the source information as shown in the example below

 

Example symposium contribution

Gonzales, F. (2018, April 26-29). Cultural sensitive practices used by clinicians. In L. Benuto (Chair), Cultural sensitivity and culturally sensitive clinical practices [Symposium]. Western Psychological Association 98th Annual Convention, Portland, OR, United States.  

 

In-text citations (if quoting from proceedings, also include the specific part of the source)

... (Gonzales, 2018).

 

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