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APA - Referencing Guide

Sample Reference List

Formatting Your Reference List

All documents cited in your assignment must be listed in a single alphabetical list at the end of the assignment.

The list is arranged by the author's surname, or title if no author is given.

Only the author's initials are included regardless of the presentation of the author's name in the source document. The given name may be cited in full if it is needed to correctly identify the author; for example, where different authors have the same surname and initials.

Include the names of all authors unless the authors number more than twenty, in this case include the first nineteen authors' names, then insert three ellipses and follow with the final author's name.

Authors' names are given in the order in which they appear on the source document - do not rearrange the names of the authors of a multi-authored work into alphabetical order.

Capitalisation practice should be consistent.

Titles and subtitles of journal articles, book parts and book titles are given minimal capitalisation. Only the first letter of the first word of the title (and subtitle, if given) and those words that normally have an initial capital (proper nouns) are capitalised.

Journal titles are given maximal capitalisation. All words other than prepositions, conjunctions, and definite and indefinite articles (a, an, the) are capitalised.

Journal and book titles are italicised when typed, or underlined when handwritten.

A hanging indent for each reference makes the alphabetical sequence more obvious.

An Example

 

References

 

American Educational Research Association. (1985). Standards for educational and psychological testing. American Psychological Association.
Angus, J. (2006). Gorilla, gorilla, gorilla [wood veneers, nylon]. Art Gallery of Western Australia.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (1999). Australia's young people: Their health and wellbeing, the report on the health of young people aged 12-24 years.
Balakrishnan, R. (2006, March 25-26). Why aren't we using 3d user interfaces, and will we ever? [Paper presentation].  IEEE Symposium on 3D User Interfaces, Alexandria, VA. https://doi.org/10.1109/VR.2006.148
Bedford, P. (2001). Dingo dreaming [ochre on canvas]. Reproduced in McCulloch, S., & McCulloch Childs, E. (2008). McCulloch's contemporary Aboriginal art: The complete guide (p.154). McCulloch & McCulloch Australian Art Books.
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Bolton, G. C. (Speaker). (1975). Towards an Australian environmental history [Speech audio recording]. Media Services, Murdoch University.
Bond, L., Carlin, J. B., Thomas, L., Rubin, K., & Patton, G. (2001). Does bullying cause emotional problems? A prospective study of young teenagers. BMJ, 323, 480-484. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.323.7311.480
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Colclough, B., & Colclough, J. (1999). A challenge to change. Thorsons.
Delalande, J. (2019, October 26). Our teens struggle the most. The West Australian, p. 32. Factiva.
Department of Health and Aged Care. (1999). Mental health: A report focusing on depression, 1998. Commonwealth of Australia.
Department of Health and Aged Care. (2000). National youth suicide prevention strategy. Australian Government. http://www.health.gov.au/hsdd/mentalhe/sp/nysps/about.htm
Flower, R. (2015, June 1). How a simple formula for resolving problems and conflict can change your reality. Pick The Brain. http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/how-a-simple-formula-for-resolving-problems-and-conflict-can-change-your-reality/
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Heimans, R. (1996). Gloves off (Tom Uren) [oil paint on canvas]. National Portrait Gallery. http://www.portrait.gov.au/portraits/2000.36/gloves-off-tom-uren
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Kissane, K. (1998, September 5). Kiss or kill: Who is the victim when a battered woman kills? The Age: Extra, p. 6.
Kubler-Ross, E. (1993a). AIDS: The ultimate challenge. Collier Books.
Kubler-Ross, E. (1993b). Questions and answers on death and dying. Collier Books.
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Payne, S. (1976). 'Dangerous and different': reconstructions of madness in the 1990s and the role of mental health policy. In Watson, S. & L. Doyal (Eds.), Engendering social policy (pp.180-195). Open University Press.
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