How to Write a Reference List?

What is referencing? A standard method to acknowledge the sources of information and ideas you have used in an assignment

Why do we make references? To show where you have found the information To give your acknowledgement To show your readers where to locate the sources you have used To avoid plagiarism

Types of Referencing Systems Author-date systems Harvard system, APA and MLA Numeric systems Chicago or Turabian, Vancouver and Footnote

Examples of the Author-Date System

Examples of the numeric system

How do we make references? Citation Reference List Bibliography

Citation In the body of the assignment Include the following: The family name of the author/authors The publication year

Two main ways of presentations: In brackets, outside your sentence structure: Many factors are known to affect the successful outcomes for students at university (Johnson 2003) Using the author’s name as part of your sentence structure, with the date in brackets: Johnson (2003) claims that there are many factors to affect the successful outcomes for students at university

Page number are included when you : Use a direct code from an original source Summarise an idea from a particular page Copy tables or figures, or provide particular details like a date eg. McLaine (2002, p. 16) stated that ‘productivity was found to be affected by work related stress in 69% of workers.’ Or ‘Productivity was found to be affected by work related stress in 69% of workers’ (McLaine 2002, p. 16)

Examples of Citation

The Reference List Each citation must have a matching entry in the reference list Have the full bibliographic details Not a bibliography Arranged alphabetically by author’s family name, or title if a source has no author A single list

What information needs to be provided? Author /Editor Year of publication Title Edition Publisher Place of publication Book

Example of Referencing a Book Author’s surname, Initial(s) year, Title of book, Publisher, Place of publication. One author: Daly, J 2004, Nursing leadership, Elsevier, Sydney. Surname Initial of first name (no full stop) YearTitle (in italic) Publisher Publication Place

Two or three authors: Connoley, R & Rock, P 1999, Managing Australian business: corporate, human resources, operations, 3 rd edn., VCTA, South Melbourne More than three authors: Singh, S et al. 2001, Aboriginal Australia & the Torres Strait Islands: guide to indigenous Australia, Lonely Planet, Hawthorn, Victoria.

What information needs to be provided? Author of the article Year of publication Title of the article Title of the journal Volume and issue number Page number Journal Articles

Example of referencing a journal article Author’s surname, Initial(s) year, ‘Title of article’, Title of Journal, volume number, issue number, page range.

Website Author’s Surname, Initials or Organisation, Year of work, Title of document/article (in italic), Date viewed (written: viewed Day Month Year), URL. University of Southern Queensland 2010, Harvard AGPS Referencing Guide, viewed 16 August 2010,

Some Rules Put in author’s surname and the initial of the first name The first letter of the title should be capitalised, and also any proper names, places, etc. The title should be in italic No full stops or spaces are used with the author’s initials Abbreviations are followed by a full stop ed. for editor p. for page

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