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Conference Papers & Reference Works

Conference presentations and proceedings, plus encyclopedia and dictionary entries.

Conference presentation (unpublished)

Template:Author, A. A. (Year, Month). Title of presentation [Conference presentation]. Conference Name, Location. URL
Example:Matson, E. (2018, November). Drones and autonomous vehicles: The latest new technology to come with potential threat [Conference session]. Dawn or Doom 2018 Conference, West Lafayette, IN, United States.
In text:(Matson, 2018) / Matson (2018)

Conference proceedings paper (published)

Template:Author, A. A. (Year). Title of paper. In E. Editor (Ed.), Title of proceedings (pp. xx–xx). Publisher. https://doi.org/xxxx

Encyclopedia or dictionary entry

Template:Author, A. A. (Year). Title of entry. In E. Editor (Ed.), Title of reference work (edition). Publisher. URL
Example:Graham, G. (2019). Behaviorism. In E. N. Zalta (Ed.), The Stanford encyclopedia of philosophy (Spring 2019 ed.). Stanford University. https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2019/entries/behaviorism/
In text:(Graham, 2019) / Graham (2019)
Note: If the entry has no listed author, start the reference with the entry title instead, the same way you would for any other authorless source.