Types of Sources: Conference Proceedings

Conference proceedings are a collection of papers on cutting-edge research presented by researchers in a particular field of study.

Use conference proceedings:

• to discover new research ideas before they are published in the scholarly journal literature
• to track emerging trends and new research on a global scale
• to identify leading researchers and institutions in various fields of study
• to gain historical insight into various scientific and technological approaches to problems back in time

Authors are:

usually scholars in the field, academics or researchers.

Sources are:

almost always cited with references and/or footnotes.

Articles are:

long and often have sections such as abstract, literature review, methodology, results, and conclusion.

Conference proceedings may be published in a variety of ways. Some may be published as an individual book; some may be published as an annual periodical; some may not be published at all but may only be available as an abstract.