This guide explains how to format a conference paper citation in Chicago 17th Edition (Notes-Bibliography). Follow the format template below, refer to the real example, and use the step-by-step instructions to build your citation correctly.
The general pattern for citing a conference paper in Chicago 17th Edition (Notes-Bibliography):
Template
Note: Author First Last, "Title of Paper" (paper presented at Conference Name, Location, Month Day, Year). Bibliography: Last, First. "Title of Paper." Paper presented at Conference Name, Location, Month Day, Year.
How the citation appears within the body of your paper:
In-text citation
1. Jiyeon Lee and Hyunwoo Park, "Transformer Architectures for Low-Resource Languages" (paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics, Dublin, Ireland, August 7--10, 2022).
The full citation as it appears in your bibliography:
Bibliography entry
Lee, Jiyeon, and Hyunwoo Park. "Transformer Architectures for Low-Resource Languages." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics, Dublin, Ireland, August 7--10, 2022.
Format the author name
In notes: First Name Last Name. In bibliography: Last Name, First Name.
Write the paper title
Place the paper title in quotation marks using headline-style capitalization.
Add conference details
In notes, the conference details go in parentheses: (paper presented at Conference Name, Location, Date). In bibliography, write "Paper presented at" followed by the details without parentheses.
Include the conference location and date
Provide the full conference name, city, state/country, and date range.
Add DOI or URL if available
If the paper is available online, include the DOI or URL at the end.
Before creating your citation, gather the following information from your conference paper:
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