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1 Steps in Journal Research
2. Select 3. Read 4. Evaluate 5. Use 6. Reference

2 Accessing Online Journal Articles
Go to:

3 Type your Portal username & password

4 Select Health Fitness & Massage

5 Search Terms Look in suggestion box

6 Results List

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8 Refined Result List

9 Limiting Your Search You can limit by Full Text Date range
Type of Publication e.g. Academic Journal Language Subject

10 Research & Referencing
What does plagiarism mean?

11 Why Reference? Acknowledge the work of other people
If you use other people’s work and ideas in your paper without acknowledging them …that is plagiarism Enable your readers to Locate and Verify your sources independently Demonstrate that you have Read widely and used Quality resources

12 APA Referencing The APA Referencing System is one method of referencing It is the preferred referencing system for the social sciences

13 Referencing Essentials - Books
Author - Surname & initial’s only Date of publication – in brackets Title – in italics Place of publication, publisher. e.g. Garnaut, R. (2011). The Garnaut review 2011: Australia in the global response to climate change. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press.

14 E-books Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com or
The reference list entry for an e-book includes the Author, Date, Title, and Source (URL). For e-books accessed via SWSi libraries use the statement: Retrieved from or Retrieved from Ebscohost database e.g. Cook, P. J. (2012). Clean Energy, Climate and Carbon. Retrieved from

15 Hint Books, eBooks, DVD’s or Online Videos from SWSi libraries can be found in the TAFE catalogue. Some details needed for Referencing can be located there if not clear from the source – be aware of author detail. e.g. Author, title, year, publication details

16 An example

17 Online Journal Articles
Author(s) – Surname, Initial Date of publication – in brackets (2013) Name of Article Name of Journal – in italics Volume number (in italics), Issue number in brackets (4), page(s) DOI or URL of the journal homepage van Dooren, K., Lennox, N., & Stewart, M. (2013). Improving access to electronic health records for people with intellectual disability: a qualitative study. Australian Journal Of Primary Health, 19(4), doi: /PY13042

18 To clarify

19 Online Journal Articles in Databases

20 Choose APA but ALWAYS check formatting

21 Please Note Pay special attention to personal names, capitalization, and dates. Always consult your library resources for the exact formatting and punctuation guidelines.

22 Search phrase – disability studies
Limit by: Full text Date – Academic Journals Language – English Geography - Australia

23 Lets do it Go to:

24 Online Referencing Tool
Word 2013

25 Presentation of Reference List
Reference list is a separate list at the end of your paper that lists the sources you have referred to. Heading: The word References should be centred at the top of the page. Reference list entries should be in alphabetical order by either the author or title of each reference. All lines after the first line of each entry in your reference list should be indented one-half inch from the left margin. This is called hanging indentation.

26 Sample Reference List

27 To Summarise Select eResources (from Library page)
Choose – ‘Health, Fitness & Massage’ Input your search term e.g. ‘Down syndrome support’ Limit to: Full Text (& Available at SWSi) Limit: Year to 2010 – 2015 (last 5 years) Source Types: Academic Journals Access ‘Cite’ details

28 Online Referencing Tools

29 If unsure:


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