I’ ve wondered how to best cite a talk given at a conference that is not “really” published in the sense that there’s no ISBN or similar identifier
One can argue that it is not worth citing a non-identifiable source - I agree with that basically. However, for some reasons it maybe helpful to cite anyway. For example, one may have to document the talks being given.
For that purpose, I found this bibtex entry type helpful:
@unpublished{Cox_2000,
location = {{Chapel Hill, NC}},
title = {The Development of Computer-Assisted Reporting},
url = {http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.631.6220&rep=rep1&type=pdf},
timestamp = {2017-02-09T13:50:28Z},
langid = {english},
type = {Paper},
howpublished = {Paper},
eventtitle = {Conference of the {{Newspaper Division}}, {{Association}} for {{Education}} in {{Journalism}} and {{Mass Communication}} ({{AEJMC}})},
author = {Cox, Melisma},
date = {2000-03},
}It will render in this way:
Cox, M. (2000, March). The development of computer-assisted reporting. Paper presented at the Conference of the Newspaper Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), Chapel Hill, NC: Paper. Retrieved from http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.631.6220&rep=rep1&type=pdf
It’s not perfect but is’s a start.