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APA 7th Referencing

American Psychological Association, 7th edition

Conference papers available online

If the conference presentation is available online through the conference's website, use the format below. 

 

Reference elements

Screenshot of an annotated online conference paper reference

 

In-text citation

  Format Example
Paraphrase

... (Author, Year)

OR

Author (Year) ...

... during the trial period (Seymour & Bowen, 2020)

OR

According to Seymour and Bowen (2020), the trial period ...

Quote

"..." (Author, Year, p. xx) 

OR

Author (Year) "..." (p. xx) 

During the trial it was recorded that "1,278 gate alarms were triggered" (Seymour & Bowen, 2020, p. 5)

OR

Seymour and Bowen (2020) state that "1,278 gate alarms were triggered" during the trial (p. 5)

 

Reference

Format Example

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Year, Month). Title of presentation [Description of presentation]. Name of Conference, City, Country. https://xxxxx

Seymour, K., & Bowen, R. (2020, February). Using technology to enable 24 hour access to print collections [Paper presentation]. VALA 2020 Conference, Melbourne, Australia. https://www.vala.org.au/vala2020-proceedings/vala2020-session-5-seymour/

Note:
  • Describe the presentation in square brackets after the title.
    e.g. [Conference session], [Paper presentation], [Poster session], [Keynote address] etc.

Conference papers from a journal

If the conference paper has been published in a journal (such as conference proceedings), use the format below. 

 

Reference elements

Screenshot of an annotated reference of a conference paper from a journal

 

In-text citation

  Format Example
Paraphrase

... (Author, Year)

OR

Author (Year) ...

... explores how expertise correlates to the time it takes to find a solution (Marija et al., 2019)

OR

Marija et al. (2019) uses theory to argue ...

Quote

"..." (Author, Year, p. xx) 

OR

Author (Year) "..." (p. xx) 

“...capacity to model team behaviour...” (Marija et al., 2019, p. 19) 

OR

Marija et al. (2019) use "an agent-based model" to frame their hypothesis (p. 11).

 

Reference

Format Example

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Year). Title of paper. Title of Journal, Volume(Issue), Page-Page. https://doi.org/xx.xxxxx

Marija, M. P., Martinec, T., Storga, M., & Gero, J. S. (2019). A computational study of the effect of experience on problem/solution space exploration in teams. Proceedings of the Design Society, 1(1), 11-20. https://doi.org/10.1017/dsi.2019.4

Note:
  • If the conference proceedings have a volume and/or issue number, then include it in the reference. See journals for more information. 
  • If the conference has a DOI, make sure to add it at the end of the reference. Make sure it is hyperlinked and underlined. Not sure what a DOI is? See our information about DOIs
  • If the conference proceedings does not have a DOI, then end the reference with the page number range. Do not mention the URL of the journal. 

Conference papers from a book

If the conference paper has been published in a book, use the format below. 

 

Reference elements

Screenshot of an annotated reference of a conference paper from a book

 

In-text citation

  Format Example
Paraphrase

... (Author, Year)

OR

Author (Year) ...

...are the main objectives of a competence-based curriculum (Andronache, 2015)

OR

Andronache (2015) highlights the main differences between content-based and competence-based curriculums.

Quote

"..." (Author, Year, p. xx) 

OR

Author (Year) "..." (p. xx) 

"...promoting individual learning and cooperative learning..." (Andronache, 2015, p. 289) 

OR

Andronache (2015) emphasises that the competence-based curriculum must "integrate professional and cross-disciplinary competences" (p. 290). 

 

Reference

Format Example

Chapter Author, A. A. (Book Year). In A. Author, & B. Author (Eds.), Title of book (pp. x-x). Publisher. 

Andronache, D. (2015). Contemporary approaches to competence-based curriculum design. In V. Chis, & I. Albulescu (Eds.), Proceedings of the international conference on education, reflection and development (pp. 284-296). Cambridge Scholars Publisher.

Note:

Webinars

NOTE: This same format applies for both recorded and non-recorded webinars. 


Reference elements

Screenshot of an annotated reference of a recorded webinar
 

In-text citation

Format Example

(Author, Year)

OR

Author (Year)

... as seen in Blockchain technology for recordkeeping (Franks, 2018).

OR

In Blockchain technology for recordkeeping, Franks (2018) suggests ... 

 

Reference

  Format  Example
Non-recorded Author, A. A. (Year, Month Day). Title [Webinar]. Publisher.

Stanley, D. (2021, July 3). Emotional intelligence in the workplace a webinar for nurses and midwives. [Webinar]. ACT Nursing & Midwifery Office.

Recorded

Author, A. A. (Year, Month Day). Title [Webinar]. Publisher https://xxxxx

Franks, P. C. (2018, June 7). Blockchain technology for recordkeeping [Webinar]. Library 2.0. https://sas.elluminate.com/drtbl?sid=2008350&suid=D.436F9E2342CFF290707CBA97B1791E