Finding Conference Proceedings
Conference proceedings can be difficult to locate; they can be published as books, journal articles, abstracts or not at all.
Please Ask a Librarian if you need further assistance.You can try searching in:
Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Indexes significant conferences, symposia, seminars, colloquia, workshops, and conventions worldwide (no full text; use the
button for print, electronic or interlibrary loan options)
the Library Catalog
- Open Access Databases:
- Science Conference Proceedings from the Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information
Obtaining Conference Proceedings not available in the Libraries:
Conference proceedings, papers, transactions, congresses, symposia, or meetings may be obtained through Interlibrary Services.
Search Tips:
WorldCat:
- use keywords from the conference name (NOT the article title)
- include the year of the conference
- include the the city in which the conference took place
Catalog:
- use the Advanced Search screen
- use keywords from the conference name (NOT the article title)
- include the year of the conference
Example Citation:
Proceedings of the Eleventh ACM SIGKDD International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining: August 21-24, 2005, Chicago, Illinois, USA / Robert Grossman; Roberto Bayardo; Kristin P Bennett; Jaideep Vaidya, 2005.
WorldCat
Print indexes:
- Index to scientific and technical proceedings.
Engineering Library Q 1 I5349 1978 JAN-JUN through 1993 V.5- Directory of published proceedings. Series SEMT:Science/engineering/medicine/technology.
Engineering Library AI 3 D5755 V.2-3 1966/68 through V.26 1990/91
PCL Stacks AI 3 D5755 V.3 1967/68 through V.34 NO.1-4 1998/99 USE IN LIBRARY ONLY- Directory of published proceedings. Series SSH: Social sciences/humanities.
PCL Stacks AI 3 I576 V.1-2 1968-69 through V.31 1998


