Cite the source initially in the text of your paper using a parenthetical citation. Locate the citation as close as possible to the information you are citing, usually at the end of a sentence, prior to punctuation, such as a period.
(Powe, 2010)
Include a reference list entry at the end of the paper that corresponds to an in-text citation. This must be a full-length reference with the author's name, year the paper was presented and the title of the paper.
Powe, Mike. 2010. How to use other people's ideas in your ethnography.
Conclude the citation with details pertaining to the conference you attended.
Powe, Mike. 2010. How to use other people's ideas in your ethnography. Paper presented at the annual meeting for the Urban Affairs Association, May 22-25, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Create a footnote or endnote in the body of the paper when using the humanities style. Begin by superscripting (raising) a number next to the information you are borrowing. Each number should correspond to a full-length footnote or endnote.
1. Mike Powe, "How to use other people's ideas in your ethnography" (paper presented at the annual meeting for the Urban Affairs Association, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, May 22-25, 2010).
Use a full-length bibliographic entry that corresponds to your footnotes or endnotes at the end of your paper. Begin with the author's name and title of the paper presented, using a slightly different structure than in the author-date format.
Powe, Mike. "How to use other people's ideas in your ethnography."
End the bibliographic citation with the conference details.
Powe, Mike. "How to use other people's ideas in your ethnography." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Urban Affairs Association, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, May 22-25, 2010.