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Finding conferences and their proceedings Research is often first communicated via conferences and their proceedings (the collection of papers presented at a conference). Presenting at conferences is a valuable way to publicly discuss and obtain feedback on your research. As a researcher, conference information is a useful way to maintain awareness of the latest research trends and information that may not be published in other formats. Consequently, published conference papers are at times overlooked because they can be difficult to find as they are neither a book or journal article, challenging to verify and locate. Find upcoming conferences Search Library databases Search Library catalogues Obtaining a copy of a proceeding Need more help? Finding upcoming conferences PapersInvited PapersInvited has detailed information and deadlines about calls for papers for forthcoming conferences and special issues of scholarly journals. These calls for papers are issued by professional bodies, journal editors and other conference organizers in all disciplines and from all over the world. > Search PapersInvited < type a keyword for your area of research to limit to special issues of scholarly journals tick the Special Issues Only box Internet resources Many disciplines have their own website, below is a sample. For more examples of discipline specific sites use a search engine. The Educator's Reference Desk Financial conferences Health on the Net IEEE Conference Database Popcultures.com Science Conferences AllConferences.com Search Library databases ISI Proceedings An index to the published literature of the most significant conferences, symposia, seminars, colloquia, workshops, and conventions in a wide range of disciplines. > Search ISI Proceedings< 2002 to the present updated weekly For conference information pre-2002 use the Index to technical & scientific proceedings FirstSearch databases At the FirstSearch screen type in the authorisation and password (contact Research Help staff for details). > Search PapersFirst < Overlap with the British Library, covers published papers from congresses, symposiums, conferences, expositions, workshops and meetings. 1993 to the present > Search Proceedings < Index of worldwide conferences 1993 to the present Faculty Databases Conference papers are often published in journals and some databases allow you to limit to conference proceedings. Search the database for words such as limits or publication type. If the database has a thesaurus search for the terms conference or proceeding, you may be able to add these words as subject headings. Information published via journal articles may already be several years old. > Search Faculty Databases < type a keyword from your area of research search for a limit or publication type icon or drop down menu, alternatively add the words conference or proceeding, for example coal mining and (conference* or proceeding) Search Library Catalogues UOW Library The Library Catalogue contains conference papers and proceedings in most disciplines. Individual papers are not catalogued separately so you cannot search for an individual author of a conference paper. > Search the UOW Library Catalogue < Select Keywords* search Type a keyword from your area of research and add the words conference or proceeding For example, coal mining and (proceeding* or conference) If you have the name of a proceeding or conference (for example Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy), try an author search, a title search or a keyword search. British Library The British Library is a large repository of international conference proceedings. Full bibliographic information is available to request items via the UOW Document Delivery service and for some conferences there are links to the contents page. > Search the Integrated Catalogue < Click on Advanced search* Type a keyword for your area of research and add the words conference or proceeding For example, nanotechology in the first box conference* or proceeding* in the second box Click on the heading Yearto resort results by date Obtaining a copy of a proceeding Use Document Delivery to obtain a copy of proceeding not held by the UOW Library. Click on the Chapters/Conference papers link. Fill in as much information as possible Need more help? Staff at the Research Help desk are always available during Library hours or try our email \| chat \| phone service. UOW staff and postgraduate research staff can make an appointment with their Faculty Librarian or the Research Training Librarian.

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