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@@ -29,8 +29,14 @@ To install spack and install your first package:
 Documentation
 ----------------
 
-[Full documentation](http://scalability-llnl.github.io/spack)
-for Spack is also available.
+[**Full documentation**](http://scalability-llnl.github.io/spack) for Spack is
+the first place to look.
+
+See also:
+  * [Technical paper](http://www.computer.org/csdl/proceedings/sc/2015/3723/00/2807623.pdf) and
+    [slides](https://tgamblin.github.io/files/Gamblin-Spack-SC15-Talk.pdf) on Spack's design and implementation.
+  * [Short presentation](https://tgamblin.github.io/files/Gamblin-Spack-Lightning-Talk-BOF-SC15.pdf) from the *Getting Scientific Software Installed* BOF session at Supercomputing 2015.
+
 
 Get Involved!
 ------------------------
@@ -66,6 +72,15 @@ Many thanks go to Spack's [contributors](https://github.com/scalability-llnl/spa
 
 Spack was originally written by Todd Gamblin, tgamblin@llnl.gov.
 
+### Citing Spack
+
+If you are referencing Spack in a publication, please cite the following paper:
+
+ * Todd Gamblin, Matthew P. LeGendre, Michael R. Collette, Gregory L. Lee,
+   Adam Moody, Bronis R. de Supinski, and W. Scott Futral.
+   [**The Spack Package Manager: Bringing Order to HPC Software Chaos**](http://www.computer.org/csdl/proceedings/sc/2015/3723/00/2807623.pdf).
+   In *Supercomputing 2015 (SC’15)*, Austin, Texas, November 15-20 2015. LLNL-CONF-669890.
+
 Release
 ----------------
 Spack is released under an LGPL license.  For more details see the