You may be looking at one of several citation types, and telling the difference between them is tricky. We have listed some of the different, but most common, citation formats that you may see during the course of your research, on our blog post Difficult Citations.

Distinguishing the title of the paper/article from the title/name of the journal/book/conference proceeding is important; you will need to search by the title of the book/journal/conference proceeding rather than the individual paper or article unless you are using an online search engine such as Google or Google Scholar.