Books
1
Who wrote it?
Surname, Initials.
Thiele, C. M.
2
When was it published?
(Year of publication).
(2002).
3
What is the title?
Title in italics.
Swan song.
4
Where & by whom published?
Town or city or suburb, State or
country: Publisher.
South Melbourne,
VIC: Lothian.
Reference
List
Make certain all
Thiele, C. M. (2002). Swan song.
punctuation, capitals, South Melbourne, VIC: Lothian.
italics are the same
as in the example.
Direct
quote
Quote‟, (Author, date,
p. ?)
Or Author, „Quote‟
(date, p.?).
The snake was “curving and
weaving like a stream of black
molten glass” (Thiele, 2002, p.
138).
Indirect
quote
Mention ideas or
events from book
(Author, date).
Mitch watched the snake (Thiele,
2002).
Watchpoint
Full stop AFTER brackets in your
text.
Journals
1
Who wrote it?
Surname, Initials.
Choy, S., & Delahaye, B.
2
When was it published?
(Year of publication).
(2007).
3
What is the title?
Title in italics.
Principles for facilitating
youth learning. Quest,
4
What Volume, Issue, Pages?
Volume (issue), pages numbers.
7(3), 6-9.
Reference
List
Direct
quote
Indirect
quote
Make certain all
punctuation,
capitals, italics are
the same as in the
example.
Choy, S., & Delahaye, B. (2007).
Principles for facilitating youth
learning. Quest, 7(3), 6-9.
Quote‟, (Author,
date, p. ?)
Or Author, „Quote‟
(date, p.?).
As Choy and Delahaye state, „Selfdirected learning… should form an
integral part of assessment tasks‟
Mention ideas or
events from article
(Author, date).
Choy and Delahaye list eight
principles for youth learners (2007).
Or
There are eight principles (Choy &
Delahaye, 2007).
2007, p. 9).
Databases
1
Who wrote it?
Surname, Initials.
Lacina, J.
2
When was it published?
(Year of publication).
(2008).
3
4
Learning English With
Article & Journal, Volume
iPods. Childhood
Article Title. Journal Title, Volume education, 84(4), 247-249.
(Issue), Page Numbers.
When you viewed the site & source
Retrieved from: name of
database or web address
Retrieved from ProQuest
database.
Reference
List
Make certain all
punctuation, capitals,
italics are the same
as in the example.
Lacina, J. (2008). Learning
English With iPods. Childhood
Education, 84(4), 247249. Retrieved from ProQuest
Education Journals database.
Direct
quote
Quote‟, (Author, date,
p. ?)
Or Author, „Quote‟
(date, p.?).
„In particular, iPods are one of the
most popular forms of
technology‟ (Lacina, 2008, p.
247).
Indirect
quote
Mention ideas or
events from article
(Author, date).
A popular form of technology is
the iPod (Lacina, 2008).
Websites
1
Who wrote it?
Surname, Initials.
Fox, M.
2
When was it published?
(Year of publication).
(2008).
3
What is the title?
Title in italics.
Favourite books.
4
web address
Retrieved from Web Address
Retrieved from
http://www.memfox.net/favo
urite-books.html
Reference
List
Make certain all
punctuation, capitals,
italics are the same
as in the example.
Direct
quote
Quote‟, (Author, date, “A huge list that I cannot control”
p. ?)
(Fox, 2008).
Or Author, „Quote‟
(date, p.?).
Indirect
quote
Mention ideas or
events from book
(Author, date).
Watchpoint
Fox, M. (2008). Favourite Books.
Retrieved from
http://www.memfox.net/favouritebooks.html
The list of favourites includes
nineteenth century titles (Fox,
2008).
Article Title IS in italics.
Specials
Newspaper
DVD,
Movie, Video
Audio
Artwork,
illustration
Gum tested as way to treat type 2 diabetes. (2008,
May 19). The Canberra times. p.3.
Goldstone, J. (Producer), & Jones, T. (Director).
(2005). Life of Brian. [Motion Picture]. Australia:
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment.
ABC Classic FM. (2006). The classic 100 Mozart.
[CD]. Sydney, NSW: ABC.
Ransome, A. (1968). “It‟s a shark!”. In A. Ransome.
Swallows and Amazons (p.83). Harmondsworth,
UK: Penguin.
More Specials
Government
Report
Television,
radio
Australian Capital Territory Department of
Education and Training. (2007) Every chance to
learn. Stirling, ACT: Author.
Curnow, S. (Producer), & Nettleship, M. (Editor).
(2008). Tracking the intervention [Television
program]. In S. Spencer (Executive Producer), Four
corners. Sydney, NSW: Australian Broadcasting
Corporation.
Government
publication
Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional
Economics. (2008). Waterline. January 2008. Issue
no. 43. Canberra, ACT: BITRE.
Unpublished
& archival
Truby King, M. (1928—2002). Scrapbook.
[Personal scrapbook]. Powerhouse Museum
Collection (2003/154/1). Powerhouse Museum:
Sydney, NSW.
Tricky Ones
Multiple
authors
No
Author
No Date
Brochure
Emmitt, M., Zbaracki, M., Komesaroff, L., & Pollock,
J. (2010). Language & learning : an introduction for
teaching (5th ed.). South Melbourne, VIC : Oxford.
Language learning. (2007). Language
teaching, 40(1), 62. Retrieved from ProQuest
Education Journals database.
Defoe, D. (n.d.). Robinson Crusoe. London, UK:
Gawthorne.
Australian Catholic University, Academic Skills Unit.
(2010). Getting the most out of lectures [Brochure].
Fitzroy, VIC: Author.
More Tricky Ones
Editor
Etext
Not first
edition
Chapter
in a book
Opie, I. & Opie, P. (Eds.). (1997). The Oxford
dictionary of nursery rhymes. London, UK: Oxford.
Potter, B. (2004).The tale of Peter Rabbit. Retrieved
from: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/14304/14304h/14304-h.htm
Tolkien, J. R. R. (1972). The hobbit (3rd ed.).
London, UK: Unwin books.
Lawson, H. 1980). The drover‟s wife. In B. Davis, &
D. Stewart (Eds.), Best Australian stories (pp. 1-8).
Windsor, VIC: Currey O‟Neil.
Details
Long
quotes
40+
words:
Indent
Imagery in children‟s literature brings the text
alive,
Towards evening they packed up and set off
for home. The sun was flinging a million
golden mirrors in a lane across the water. It
glowed on the bare patches of the sand hills
and lit up the bushes and tussocks till every
stem and twig shone with rosy fire. The little
boat came gliding in to shore through the
chuckle of the ripples (Thiele, 1963, p. 24 ).
The reader has a clear picture of the scene and
the feeling of the landscape.
Details, details
Para-
phrase
Children‟s literature is an established
international academic field. It is taught in
many different academic areas such as
education and health. The journals of
professional organisations which research
children‟s literature address practical and
theoretical issues. It is important to define what
we mean by children‟s literature (Winch,
Johnston, March, Ljungdahl, & Holliday, 2006).
More Details
Language is a form of life‟ (Foucault, as cited in
Secondary Winch, Johnston, March, Ljungdahl, & Holliday,
source
2006, p. 375).
Legislation
Disability Discrimination Act 1992. Retrieved from
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/d
da1992264/
In text: (Disability Discrimination Act 1992).
Personal
communication
Does not appear in References, only in the text.
(B. Alderman, personal communication May 15,
2008).
Letters, emails, conversations, tutorials.
Even More Details
Reading Bricks
Unit Outlines
& Lecture
Notes on
Blackboard
Details of original publication & original page
numbers.
Don‟t reference the Brick itself.
Carmody, M.M. (2009). Lecture 3: Australian
children’s literature [PowerPoint slides]. Retrieved
from ACU Blackboard site:
http://blackboard.acu.edu.au/webct/cobaltMainFra
me.dowebct
References
ABC Classic FM. (2006). The classic 100 Mozart. [CD].
Sydney, NSW: ABC.
Australian Catholic University Academic Skills Unit. (2009).
ACU study guide: Skills for success. Frenchs Forrest,
NSW: Pearson.
Australian Catholic University, Academic Skills Unit. (2010).
Getting the most out of lectures [Brochure]. Fitzroy, VIC:
Author.
American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication
manual of the American Psychological Association (6th
ed.). Washington DC: Author.
Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional
Economics. (2008). Waterline. January 2008. Issue no.
43. Canberra: Author.
Carmody, M. (2010). Lecture 11: Film and literature
[PowerPoint slides]. Retrieved from ACU Blackboard
site:
http://blackboard.acu.edu.au/webct/cobaltMainFrame.do
webct
Choy, S., & Delahaye, B. (2007). Principles for facilitating
youth learning. Quest. 7(3), 6—9.
Curnow, S. (Producer), & Nettleship, M. (Editor). (2008).
Tracking the intervention [Television program]. In S.
Spencer (Executive Producer), Four corners. Sydney,
NSW: Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
Defoe, D. (n.d.). Robinson Crusoe. London, UK:
Gawthorne.
Disability Discrimination Act 1992. Retrieved from
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/dda199
2264/
Emmitt, M., Zbaracki, M., Komesaroff, L., & Pollock, J.
(2010). Language & learning : an introduction for
teaching (5th ed.). South Melbourne, VIC : Oxford.
Fox, M. (2008). Favourite books. Retrieved from
http://www.memfox.net/favourite-books.html
Goldstone, J. (Producer), & Jones, T. (Director). (2005).
Life of Brian. [Motion Picture]. Australia: Columbia
TriStar Home Entertainment.
Gum tested as way to treat type 2 diabetes. (2008, May
19). The Canberra times, p.3.
Lacina, J. (2008). Learning English with iPods. Childhood
education, 84(4), 247-249. Retrieved from ProQuest
database.
Language learning. (2007). Language
teaching, 40(1), 62. Retrieved from ProQuest database.
Lawson, H. 1980). The drover‟s wife. In B. Davis, & D.
Stewart (Eds.), Best Australian stories (pp. 1-8).
Windsor, VIC: Currey O‟Neil.
Opie, I. & Opie, P. (Eds.). (1951). The Oxford dictionary of
nursery rhymes. London, UK: Oxford.
Potter, B. (2004).The tale of Peter Rabbit. Available from
http://www.gutenberg.org/
Ransome, A. (1968). Swallows and Amazons.
Harmondsworth, UK: Penguin.
Thiele, C. M. (2002). Swan song. South Melbourne, VIC:
Lothian.
Thiele, C. M. (1974). Storm boy. Adelaide, SA: Rigby.
Tolkien, J. R. R. (1972). The hobbit (3rd ed.). London, UK:
Unwin Books.
Truby King, M. (1928—2002). Scrapbook. [Personal
scrapbook]. Powerhouse Museum Collection
(2003/154/1). Powerhouse Museum: Sydney, NSW.
Winch, G., Johnston, R. R., March, P., Ljungdahl, L., &
Holliday, M. (2006). Literacy (3rd ed.). South Melbourne,
UK: Oxford.
Watchpoint
List in alphabetical order, use
hanging indent, miss a line between
each entry
Always Remember!
Full stop after
every step
Title in italics
Tell your reader
where to find it
Place: Publisher.
Or
Vol(issue), pages.
Or
Retrieved from: web address or database
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