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Author names are listed as Last Name Initial without a common in between. Use a common to separate author names.

If you are citing a conference paper that was published online, include [Internet] after the title of the conference proceedings. You also need to include the date you cited the material in brackets after the publication date.

If you are citing an abstract, include [abstract] after the title of the abstract in your citation.

Conference Paper, Online

Author Last Name Initial(s), Author Last Name Initial(s), ..., Author Last Name Initial(s). Title of conference paper. In: Title of Proceedings [Internet]. Title of Conference: Conference Date; Conference Location. Publication Location: Publisher; Publication Date [cited Year Month Day]. Page range. Available from: URL or doi

 

Khan MK, Zhang J, Tian L. Protecting biometric data for personal identification. In: Advances in biometric person authentication [Internet]. SINOBIOMETRICS 2004: 5th Chinese Conference on Biometric Recognition; 2004 Dec 13-14; Guangzhou, China. Berlin: Springer; 2004 [cited 2006 Nov 20]. Available from: http://springerlink.metapress.com/content/mcu60u211xf6w90w/?p=8031e82410a44d8d867641ae718de705&pi=71

Conference Paper, Print

Author Last Name Initial(s), Author Last Name Initial(s), ..., Author Last Name Initial(s). Title of conference paper. In: Editor Last Name, Initials, editor. Conference Title; Conference Date; Conference Location. Place of Publication: Publisher; Publication Date. Page range.

 

Rice AS, Farquhar-Smith WP, Bridges D, Brooks JW. Canabinoids and pain. In: Dostorovsky JO, Carr DB, Koltzenburg M, editors. Proceedings of the 10th World Congress on Pain; 2002 Aug 17-22; San Diego, CA. Seattle (WA): IASP Press; c2003. p. 437-68.

Conference Abstract, Online

Author Last Name Initial(s), Author Last Name Initial(s), ..., Author Last Name Initial(s). Title of conference paper [abstract]. In: Title of Proceedings [Internet]. Title of Conference: Conference Date; Conference Location. Publication Location: Publisher; Publication Date [cited Year Month Day]. Page range. Available from: URL or doi

 

Gifu D, Trandabat D, Cohen KB, Xia J. The curative power of medical data [abstract]. In Proceedings of the 18th ACM/IEEE on Joint Conference on Digital Libraries [Internet]. JCDL: 2018 Jun 3-7; Fort Worth (TX). New York (NY): Association for Computing Machinery; 2018 May 23 [cited 2021 Aug 9]. p. 431-432. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1145/3197026.3200210

Conference Abstract, Print

Author Last Name Initial(s), Author Last Name Initial(s), ..., Author Last Name Initial(s). Title of conference paper [abstract]. In: Title of Proceedings. Title of Conference: Conference Date; Conference Location. Publication Location: Publisher; Publication Date. Page range.

 

Berger H, Klemm M. Clinical signs of gastric ulcers and its relation to incidence [abstract]. In: Chuit P, Kuffer A, Montavon S, editors. 8th Congress on Equine Medicine and Surgery; 2003 Dec 16-18; Geneva, Switzerland. Ithaca (NY): International Veterinary Information Service (IVIS); 2003. p. 45.

Conference Presentation or Poster Session

Author Last Name Initial(s), Author Last Name Initial(s), ..., Author Last Name Initial(s). Poster session presented at: Conference Title; Conference Date; Conference Location.

 

Thabet A. Clinical value of two serial pulmonary embolism-protocol CT studies performed within ten days. Paper presented at: Annual Scientific Meeting and Postgraduate Course of the American Society of Emergency Radiology; 2006 Sep 27-30; Washington, DC.

Charles L, Gordner R. Analysis of MedlinePlus en Espanol customer service requests. Poster session presented at: Futuro magnifico! Celebrating our diversity. MLA `05: Medical Library Association Annual Meeting; 2005 May 14-19; San Antonio, TX.