Author’s family name, Initial(s) year, Title of Book, Publisher, Place
of Publication.
OR
Author’s family name, Initial(s) year, Title of Book, Series Title, description of work, edition, Editor (ed.) or other contributor, Publisher, Place of Publication.
Note: The second version above expands on the first to include elements less commonly found. Include the following elements only if applicable:
Series Title
description of work - such as catalogue number or organisation for which a work is prepared
edition - only include for an edition other than the first edition
Editor (ed.) or other contributor - other contributor may include compiler (comp.),
reviser (rev.), translator (trans.) or illustrator (ill.)
1 Author
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Levy (2007) illustrates these issues ...
Levy, J 2007, Racing through History: Stock Cars then to Now, Children’s Press, New York.
2 or 3 Authors
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This view is noted by Sulsky and Smith (2005, p43) ...
OR
... is one of the causes of stress (Sulsky & Smith 2005, p43).
Sulsky, L & Smith, C 2005, Work Stress, Thomson/Wadsworth, Belmont, California.
McCrum, Cran and MacNeil (1986) note that ...
McCrum, R, Cran, W & MacNeil, R 1986, The Story of English, Faber & Faber, London.
More than 3 Authors
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Based on this premise, the study (Malinowski et al. 1999, p106) supports …
Malinowski, W, Larsen, AA, Ngu, B & Fairweather, S 1999, Human Geography,
Routledge, New York.
No Author
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A History of Reclamation in the West (2000) is an interesting work that provides ...
A History of Reclamation in the West 2000, History Program, Bureau of Reclamation, Salt Lake City, Utah.
No Date
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Aguilar (n.d.) creates a character who ...
Aguilar, G n.d., Home Influence, James Nisbet, London.
Catalogue
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The electronic age has demanded changes in leadership (Cohan 2002, p6) where once
...
Cohan, PS 2002, E-leaders, Capstone Publishing, Oxford, UK, accessed 31/8/2006, University of Wollongong Library.
Database
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Rubin’s (2001) comprehensive coverage of the latest animated and other videos ...
Rubin, M 2001, The Little Digital Video Book, Peachpit Press, Berkeley, California, accessed 17/11/2006, Safari Books Online database.
Online
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Totten’s (1836) text about algebra led the way for a ...
Totten, S 1836, A New Introduction to the Science of Algebra: Designed for Students in Colleges, and the Higher Schools and Academies, FJ Huntington, Hartford, accessed 17/11/2006,
http://books.google.com/booksid=
OCLC05752750&id=Rn8AAAAAMAAJ&
printsec=titlepage&dq=science&as_brr=1
The trend towards digitising classic literature can be seen in the release of ...
(Dickens 1997).
Dickens, C 1997, The Project Gutenberg eBook of Bleak House, accessed 12/1/2007 http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/
etext97/blkhs12h.htm
2nd or Later Edition
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A program should reflect in its design a logical pathway ... (Farrell 2007).
Cinema during the Great War was another medium for propaganda … (Wexman 2006).
Wexman, VW (ed.) 2006, A History of Film, 6th edn, Pearson/A & B, Boston.
Edited, Revised or Compiled, With Author
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The tragic flaw of the main protagonist in Coriolanus (Shakespeare 1976) …
Shakespeare, W 1976, Coriolanus, The Arden Shakespeare, Philip Brockbank (ed.), Methuen, London.
Include the publication date of the edition used. The Arden Shakespeare
is the Series title.
Edited, More than 3 Editors
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The editors Horngren et al. (1996) claim professional ethics ...
Horngren, CT, Foster, G, Datar, SM, Black, T & Gray, P (eds) 1996, Cost Accounting
in Australia: A Managerial Emphasis, Prentice Hall, Sydney.
In a Language Other Than English
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Sand (1932) describes ...
Sand, G 1932, Histoire de ma Vie (History of my Life), Calmann-Levy, Paris.
OR
Sand, G 1932, History of my Life (in French), Calmann-Levy, Paris.
In a Language Other Than English, Personal Translation
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Dante (1975, p5) began his poem with “Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita” [In the middle of our lives (my translation)].
Dante 1975, La Divina Commedia, Piccola Biblioteca Einaudi Testi, Torino.
In a Language Other Than English, Published Translation
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The author (De Certeau 1984) concludes …
De Certeau, M 1984, The Practice of Everyday Life, trans. S Rendall, University of California Press, Berkeley.
Give the publication date of the edition being used if it is not the same date as the original edition.
Chapter
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Restraint is crucial in maintaining … (Rose 2002).
Rose, DB 2002, ‘Good hunters’, in Country of the Heart: An Indigenous Australian Homeland, Aboriginal Studies Press for the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Canberra, pp77-113.
Chapter in an Edited Book
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Community and ideas of nationhood are complex … (Anderson 1995).
Anderson, I 1995, ‘Aboriginal nation(s)?’, in S Perera (ed.), Asian & Pacific Inscriptions: Identities, Ethnicities, Nationalities, La Trobe University School of English, Bundoora, Victoria, pp65-82.
Multiple Works by the Same Author
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Research (Hess 1993, 1997) has concluded …
Hess, DJ 1993, Science in the New Age: The Paranormal, its Defenders and Debunkers, and American Culture, University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, Wisconsin.
Hess, DJ 1997, Can Bacteria Cause Cancer? Alternative Medicine Confronts Big Science,
New York University Press, New York.
Multiple Works by the Same Author in the Same Year
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Recent studies have revealed the causes of nurses’ absence are … (Preston 1990a, 1990b).
Preston, AC 1990a, Multivariate Analysis of Nurses’ Absence Behaviour,
Business Research and Development Fund of the Confederation of Western Australian
Industry, East Perth, WA.
Preston, AC 1990b, Theories and Causes of Labour Absence: Reconciling the Economic and Psychology Approaches, Business Research and Development Fund of the
Confederation of Western Australian Industry, East Perth, WA.
