APA style Citations & Referencing
Which referencing style are you using? Check your course guide Check with lecturer if unsure Understand what information you need to keep for your assignment
In text citations look different depending on the referencing style used. Use them when you have referred to someone else’s work/ideas in some way APA - author, date (Smith, 2009) MLA – author, page number (Smith 23) Australian – author, date (Smith 2009) Chicago – footnotes, author, short title, page number In Text Citations 1 Smith, In-text Citations, 23.
In Text Citations It seems that “a thief bungled an attempt to break into a car in Adelaide, locking himself inside the vehicle as police arrived” (OddSpot, 2009, p. 1). Direct Quote
In Text Citations According to the Oddspot (2009), when Adelaide police responded to a car break-in, they arrived to find the thief had inadvertently locked himself in the car. Author in a sentence
In Text Citations Author not in a sentence When Adelaide police responded to a car break-in, they arrived to find the thief had inadvertently locked himself in the car (OddSpot, 2009).
Paraphrasing “A thief bungled an attempt to break into a car in Adelaide, locking himself inside the vehicle as police arrived.” When Adelaide police responded to a car break-in, they arrived to find the thief had inadvertently locked himself in the car. Different structure and words.
Reference List APA 1.Title header appropriate to style used. 2.Alphabetised 3.Rules for multiple listings of same author 5.Break URLs in appropriate place 6.Indent full citations running over single line. 1.Title header appropriate to style used. 2.Alphabetised 3.Rules for multiple listings of same author 5.Break URLs in appropriate place 6.Indent full citations running over single line.
A reference list should: Commence on a separate page Title header according to citation style used References – APA, Australian style Works cited – MLA Bibliography - Chicago Appear in alphabetical order Take its publication details from the title page of a work, not the cover
Reference examples
Books Berger, P. (1998). Internet for active learners: curriculum-based strategies for K-12 (2 nd ed.). Chicago: American Library Association. Author, A. A. (Year). Title. City, State/Country: Publisher
Chapter of a book BETWEEN THE SHEETS, IN THE STREETS: QUEER, LESBIAN, GAY DOCUMENTARY Chris Holmlund and Cynthia Fuchs Visible Evidence, Volume 1 Between the Sheets, In the Streets Queer, Lesbian, Gay Documentary Chris Holmlund and Cynthia Fuchs, editors University of Minnesota Press Minneapolis London Copyright 1997 by the Regents of the University of Minnesota Published by the University of Minnesota Press 111 Third Avenue South, Suite 290, Minneapolis, MN Marc Siegel Documentary that dare/not speak its name: Jack Smith’s Flaming Creatures pp Siegel, M. (1997). Between the sheets, in the streets: Queer, lesbian, gay documentary. In C. Holmlund & C. Fuchs (Eds.), Documentary that dare/not speak its name: Jack Smith’s Flaming Creatures: Vol. 1 of Visible Evidence. (pp ). Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. Author, A. A. (Year). Chapter title. In B. B. Editor (Ed.), Title of book (pp. #-#). City, State/Country. Publisher
Journal articles Imrie, B. (1995). Assessment for learning: quality and taxonomies. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 20 (2), Author, A. A. (Year). Article title. Journal Name, volume(issue), #-#.
On-line databases Lavery, J., & Livingston, B. (1999). Introducing the Internet to adult learners. Computers in libraries, 19 (4), pp.4. Retrieved from Academic Search Premier database. Author, A. A. (Year). Article title. Journal Name, volume(issue), #-#. Doi:##### or Retrieved from database name or URL
Internet sites Berger, P. (1998). Internet for active learners: curriculum-based strategies for K.12. Retrieved July 17, 2000, from s.html s.html Author, A. A. (Year of publication or Year, Month, Day of posting/revision) Title or [Description]. Retrieved Month Day, Year, from URL.
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