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Assignments
Material Type In Text Citation Reference List Entry

Assignment from Another Unit

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1. Reid, S. F. The Importance of Scientific Method. Unpublished Manuscript, BSC100: Building Blocks for Science Students, Murdoch University, 2016.


A-V Materials
Material Type In Text Citation Reference List Entry

DVD

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2. Davis, J. producer, scriptwriter. Chemistry of Carbon [DVD]. Classroom Video, 2005.

Radio Programme

3 3. White, S. director. Peak Phosphorus Concerns Prompt Research [Radio Broadcast]. Innovations, Sept 20, 2010. ABC Radio.

Sound Recording

4 4. Bryant, S. writer. The Story of the Internet [Sound Recording]. Pearson Education, 2008.

Television Programme

5 5. Lazaredes, N. reporter. Frankenstein`s Farm [Television Broadcast]. Dateline, July 25, 2001. Special Broadcasting Service (SBS).

Video Recording

6 6. Lines, J. director; Dechian, S. writer; De Robbio, M. producer.  Chemical Equations in the Real World [Videorecording]. Video Education Australasia, 2009.

YouTube/Vimeo Video

7 7. Lipomi, D. Ep9 Cationic and Anionic Polymerization. UC San Diego - NANO 134. YouTube, April 24, 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrGKIQaUeHw (accessed 2019-02-27).

Book Chapters
Material Type In Text Citation Reference List Entry
Chapter or Article in Edited E-book 8 8. Oleksyn, B. J.; Stadnicka, K.; Sliwinski, J. Structural Chemistry of Enamimes: A Statistical Approach. In The Chemistry of Enamimes; Rappoport, Z., Ed.; Wiley, 1994; pp 87-218. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/summary/109560980/SUMMARY (accessed 2005-04-24).

Chapter or Article in Edited Book

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9. Almlof, J.; Gropen, O. Relativistic Effects in Chemistry. In Reviews in Computational Chemistry; Lipkowitz, K. B., Boyd, D. B., Eds.; Vol. 8; VCH, 1996; pp 206-210.
Article in an Electronic Encyclopaedia 10 10. Cloverly, S. Flow Analysis: Segmented Flow Analysis. In Encyclopedia of Analytical Science, 3rd ed.; Elsevier Academic Press, March 12, 2019. https://librarysearch.murdoch.edu.au/permalink/61MUN_INST/1vtc1j0/alma991005039629707891 (accessed 2024-04-04).

Article in an Encyclopaedia

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11. Dorfman, J. R. Kinetic Theory: Transport and Fluctuations. In Encyclopedia of Chemical Physics and Physical Chemistry; Moore, J. H., Spencer, N.D., Eds.; Vol. 1; Institute of Physics, 2001; pp 573-595.


Books
Material Type In Text Citation Reference List Entry
e-Book: Single Author 12 12. Hammond, C. The Basics of Crystallography and Diffraction, 4th ed.; International Union of Crystallography Texts on Crystallography, Vol. 21; Oxford University Press, 2015. DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198738671.001.0001

Book: Single Author

13 13. Schmidt, L. D. The Engineering of Chemical Reactions, 2nd ed.; Oxford University Press, 2005.
e-Book: Two to Ten Authors 14 14. Mikkelsen, S. R.; Cortón, E. Bioanalytical Chemistry; Wiley: Hoboken, NJ, 2004. Retrieved from Proquest, https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.libproxy.murdoch.edu.au/lib/murdoch/detail.action?docID=4688564 (accessed 2019-10-08).

Book: Two to Ten Authors

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15. Sutton, R.S.; Rockett, B.; Swindells, P. G. Chemistry for the Life Sciences, 2nd ed.; CRC, 2009.

Book: Organisation as Author

16 16. American Chemical Society, Committee on Analytical Reagents. Reagent Chemicals: Specifications and Procedures, 10th ed.; 2006.

Book: Government Agency as Author

17 17. Commonwealth Department of the Environment and Heritage. Personal Monitoring of Selected Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs): The Contribution of Woodsmoke to Exposure; Technical report no. 8; 2004.

Book: No Author

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18. McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Chemistry, 2nd ed.; McGraw-Hill, 2003.

Book: Editor/s

19 19. Mom the Chemistry Professor: Personal Accounts and Advice from Chemistry Professors Who Are Mothers, 2nd ed.; Woznack, K., Charlebois, A., Cole, R. S., Marzabadi, C. H., Webster, G., Eds.; Springer, 2018. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-78972-9

Book: Different Editions

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20. Timberlake, K. C. Chemistry: An Introduction to General, Organic and Biological Chemistry, 10th ed.; Pearson Prentice Hall, 2009.

Scientific/Technical Report

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21. Griffin, E. A.; Verboom, W. H.; Allen, D. G. Paired Site Sampling for Soil Carbon Estimation: Western Australia, National Carbon Accounting System technical report No. 38; Australian Greenhouse Office, 2003; pp 125-136. https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=lr_researchrpts (accessed 2023-04-04).

Clinical Trials
Material Type In Text Citation Reference List Entry

Clinical Trial

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22. Efficacy, Safety and Immunogenicity of Takeda's Tetravalent Dengue Vaccine (TDV) in Healthy Children (TIDES). Identifier NCT02747927. U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2016-. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/study/NCT02747927 (accessed 2022-09-21). 

Conference Papers
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Conference Paper in Print

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23. Ierapetritou, M. G.; Androulakis, I. P.; Monas, D. S.; Floudas, C. A. Structure Prediction of Binding Sites of MHC Class II Molecules Based on the Crystal HLA-DRB1 and Global Optimization. In Optimization in Computational Chemistry and Molecular Biology: Local and Global Approaches: Proceedings, 1999, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, May 7-9, 1999; Floudas, C. A., Pardalos, P. M., Eds.; Kluwer: Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 2000; pp 157-190.

Conference Paper from the Internet

24 24. Chang, H.; Wilson, C.; Jackson, J. Eliminating polymer flake defects using an oxygen free chemistry. In 1997 IEEE International Symposium on Semiconductor Manufacturing, San Francisco, CA, Oct 6-8, 1997; IEEE, 1997; pp 91-93. IEEE Xplore. http://www.ieee.org (accessed 2010-09-24).

Unpublished Conference Paper

25 25. Zientek, K. D.; Eyler, J. R. Presented at the 51st ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, Montreal, Canada, June 8-12, 2003.

Conference Proceedings

26 26. El Nadi, L., Ed. Modern Trends in Physics Research: First International Conference on Modern Trends in Physics Research, MTPR-04, Cairo, Egypt, 4-9 April 2004; AIP conference proceedings 0748; American Institute of Physics: Melville, NY, 2005.

Course Materials
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Lectures (recordings accessed via LMS)

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27. Jones, A. lecturer. The business of healthcare provision: Strategies for management [Lecture recording]. MBS529: Strategic Health Leadership and Management (M1296), April 1, 2023. Murdoch University. https://moodleprod.murdoch.edu.au/mod/page/view.php?id=1761975 (accessed 2023-04-01).

PowerPoint slides (accessed via LMS) 28 28. Brown, A. 5 strategies for effective leadership for healthcare provision [PowerPoint slides]. Strategic Health Leadership and Management (MBS529), Murdoch University, 2023. https://moodleprod.murdoch.edu.au/mod/page/view.php?id=1761975 (accessed 2023-04-01).

Datasets
Material Type In Text Citation Reference List Entry

Dataset

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29. Funes-Ardoiz, I. TS19t-20tOH, 2018. ChEMBL. https://www.iochem-bd.org//handle/10/933 (accessed 2019-06-04).

Dataset Repository 30 30. Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre. The Cambridge Structural Database (CSD), 2018. Cambridge, U.K.: CCDC. https://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/solutions/csd-system/components/csd/ (accessed 2019-07-03).
Dataset Deposit Record 31 31. Thomas, S. C.; Martin, A. R. Data from: Carbon Content of Tree Tissues: A Synthesis, 2012. Dryad Digital Repository. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.69sg2 (accessed 2019-07-04). Referenced in https://doi.org/10.3390/f3020332.
Dataset Description Article 32 32. Miyahara, N.; Miwa, S.; Horiguchi, N.; Sato, I.; Masahiko, O. Chemical Reaction Kinetics Dataset of Cs-I-B-Mo-O-H System for Evaluation of Fission Product Chemistry Under LWR Severe Accident Conditions. J. Nucl. Sci. Technol. 2019, 56 (2), 228-240. Taylor & Francis Journals. http://www.tandfonline.com/ (accessed 201907-11).

Internet Documents
Material Type In Text Citation Reference List Entry

Electronic Document

33 33. Byrne, C. Molecular Scissors Slice DNA to Isolate Genes. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), 2016. http://csiro.au/files/files/p7i7.pdf (accessed 2008-04-24).

Government Publication

34 34. Western Australia. Chemistry Centre. Water for Domestic, Agricultural and General Use, 2008. http://www.chemcentre.wa.gov.au/downloads/Water-Report-2008.pdf (accessed 2010-10-01).

Legislation

35 35. Industrial Chemicals Act 2019 (Cth). https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2019A00012 (accessed 2019-04-11).

Website

36 36. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Program. https://www.epa.gov/toxics-release-inventory-tri-program (accessed 2019-02-21).

Journal Articles
Material Type In Text Citation Reference List Entry
Journal Article from a Full Text Database 37 37. Calafat, A. M.; Needham, L. L. Factors Affecting the Evaluation of Biomonitoring Data for Human Exposure Assessment. Int. J. Androl. 2008, 31 (2), 139-143. http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/ (accessed 2008-04-24 from Blackwell Synergy).
Journal Article from the Internet 38 38. Zahardis, J., Petrucci, G. A. The Oleic Acid-ozone Heterogeneous Reaction System: Products, Kinetics, Secondary Chemistry, and Atmospheric Implications of a Model System – A Review. Atmos. Chem. Phys2007, 7 (5), 1237-1274. http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/7/issue5.html

Journal Article in Print

39 39. Klinger, J. Influence of Pretreatment on Sodium Powder. Chem. Mater. 2005, 17 (7), 2755-2768.

Journal Article in Print: Multiple Authors

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40. Caruso, R. A.; Susha, A.; Caruso, F. Multilayered Titania, Silica, and Laponite Nanoparticle Coatings on Polystyrene Collodial Templates and Resulting Inorganic Hollow Spheres. Chem. Mater. 2001, 13 (5), 400-409.

Newspaper Articles
Material Type In Text Citation Reference List Entry

Newspaper Article in Print

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41. Garnaut, K. J. Why Potash Strikes Fear in China's Heart. The Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney, NSW), September 21, 2010, 6.

Newspaper Article from the Internet

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42. Rose, D. Household Chemical Perfluorooctanoic Acid Linked to Thyroid Disease. The Times (London, UK), January 21, 2010, updated January 21, 2010. http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/health/article1884054.ece (accessed 2010-09-23).

Newspaper Article from a Full Text Database

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43. Dayton, L. US Bans Health Risk Pesticide. The Australian (Canberra, ACT), June 26, 2010, 12 (accessed 2010-09-23 from Factiva: Factiva Global).

Podcasts
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Podcast

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44. Robertson, R.  Leadership at the Bottom of the Earth…Where No One Hears You Scream. 2010 Sir Walter Murdoch Lecture. [Podcast]. Murdoch University: Murdoch, WA, 2010. https://lectures.murdoch.edu.au/lectopia/lectopia.lasso?ut=1369&id=71101 (accessed 2010-08-05).

Podcast Lecture from LMS

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45. Hill, D.  Australian Media Representation of Asia. [Podcast Lecture]. In Australia in Asia (FDN110), April 4, 2012. Murdoch, WA: Murdoch University. https://lectures.murdoch.edu.au/lectopia/casterframe.lasso?fid=375705&cnt=true&usr=S940025F&name=not-indicated (accessed 2012-06-05).

Podcast Radio Programme

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46. Wanless, E. Surface Chemistry [Podcast]. The Science Show, April 5, 2008. ABC Radio National. http://www.abc.net.au/rn/podcast/feeds/science.xml (accessed 2008-04-24).

Podcast Television Programme

47 47. Philips, G.; Doherty, P. Meet Nobel Laureate Peter Doherty [Podcast]. Catalyst, April 17, 2008. ABC Television. http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/video/au/catalyst_mp4.xml (accessed 2008-04-24).

Readers/Study Guides
Material Type In Text Citation Reference List Entry

Reader

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48. Campbell, C. J.; Laherrere, J. H. The End of Cheap Oil. Sci. Am. 1998, 278 (3), 78-83. In Introduction to Energy Studies (PEC190) Unit Reader. Murdoch University: Murdoch,WA, 2006; pp 129-134.

Theses
Material Type In Text Citation Reference List Entry

Unpublished Thesis

49 49. Shiers, D. Chemolithotrophic Batch Cultures and Solution Parameters. Chemistry, Honours Thesis, Murdoch University: Murdoch, WA, 2004.

Published Thesis

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48. Macquart, R. B. Structural Studies of Ferroelectric Oxides: A Gentle Introduction to the Synthesis and Structural Characterisation of Ferroelectric Materials; VDM Verlag Dr. Müller: Saarbrücken, Germany, 2008.

Thesis from a Full Text Database

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49. Nikoloski, A. N. The Electrochemistry of the Leaching of Pre-reduced Nickel Laterites in Ammonia-ammonium Carbonate Solution. PhD Thesis, Murdoch University, 2002. Australasian Digital Theses Program. http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20060818.132232 (accessed 2010-09-21).