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AI Generated Content
Material Type In Text Citation Reference List Entry
AI Software [1] [1] Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365. (2023). Microsoft. Accessed: January 11, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://copilot.microsoft.com

Assignments
Material Type In Text Citation Reference List Entry
Assignment from Another Unit [2] [2] S. F. Reid, “The Importance of scientific method," Unpublished.

A-V Materials
Material Type In Text Citation Reference List Entry
Podcast Episode [3] [3] I. Szabó de Carvalho, "The brilliance of an economy that protects healthy forests," TED Talks Daily, Aug. 18, 2025. Accessed: Aug 25, 2025. [Online Podcast]. Available: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1xalYgSuGZb1LGOE6r9a1D
YouTube/Vimeo Video [4]

[4] NRK. Medieval helpdesk with English subtitles. (Feb. 26, 2007). Accessed: Jan. 28, 2014. [Online Video]. Available: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQHX-SjgQvQ


Book Chapters
Material Type In Text Citation Reference List Entry
Chapter or Article in Edited e-Book [5] [5] D. Kawecki, "Fuel preparation," in Combustion Engineering Issues for Solid Fuel Systems, B.G. Miller and D.A. Tillman, Eds., Boston, MA: Academic Press, 2008, ch. 6, pp. 199-240. [Online]. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-373611-6.00006-9. www.sciencedirect.com
Chapter or Article in Edited Book

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[6] A. Rezi and M. Allam, "Techniques in array processing by means of transformations, " in Control and Dynamic Systems, Vol. 69, Multidemsional Systems, C. T. Leondes, Ed. San Diego: Academic Press, 1995, pp. 133-180.
Article in an Electronic Encyclopaedia [7] [7] G. S. Thompson and M. P. Harmer, "Nanoscale ceramic composites," in Encyclopedia of Materials: Science and Technology, K. H. J. Buschow, R. W. Cahn, M. C. Flemings, B. Ilschner, E.J. Kramer, S. Mahajan, and P. Veyssière, Eds., Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2001, pp. 5927-5930. [Online]. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/B0-08-043152-6/01032-9. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B0080431526010329
Article in an Encyclopaedia

[8]

[8] O. B. R. Strimpel, "Computer graphics," in McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, 8th ed., Vol. 4. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1997, pp. 279-283.


Books
Material Type In Text Citation Reference List Entry
Book: Single Author [9] [9] W.-K. Chen, Linear Networks and Systems. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 1993.
E-book: Two or More Authors [10] [10] L. Bass, P. Clements, and R. Kazman, Software Architecture in Practice, 3rd ed. Reading, MA: Addison Wesley, 2003. Accessed: Jun. 25, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://learning.oreilly.com/
Book: More than Six Authors

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[11] R. Hayes et al., Operations, Strategy, and Technology: Pursuing the Competitive Edge. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2005.
Book: Organisation as Author [12] [12] World Bank, Information and Communication Technologies: A World Bank Group Strategy. Washington, DC: World Bank, 2002.
 
Book: Government Agency as Author [13] [13] Australia. Attorney-General's Department., Digital Agenda Review, vol. 4. Canberra: Attorney-General's Department, 2003.
 
Book: No Author

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[14] The Oxford Dictionary of Computing, 5th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.
Book: Editor [15] [15] D. Sarunyagate, Ed., Lasers. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1996.
Book: Different Editions

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[16] K. Schwalbe, Information Technology Project Management, 3rd ed. Boston, MA: Course Technology, 2004.
Scientific/Technical Report

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[17] K. E. Elliott and C. M. Greene, "A local adaptive protocol," Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, France, Tech. Rep. 916-1010-BB, 1997.

Conference Papers
Material Type In Text Citation Reference List Entry
Conference Paper in Print

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[18]  L. Liu and H. Miao, "A specification based approach to testing polymorphic attributes," in Formal Methods and Software Engineering: Proc.of the 6th Int. Conf. on Formal Engineering Methods, ICFEM 2004, Nov 8-12, 2004, J. Davies, W. Schulte and M. Barnett, Eds. Berlin: Springer, pp. 306-19.
Conference Paper from the Internet [19] [19] JJ. Lach, "SBFS: Steganography based file system," in Proc. of the 2008 1st Int. Conf. on Information Technology, IT 2008, May 19-21, 2008[Online]. Available: http://www.ieee.org
Unpublished Conference Paper [20] [20] H. A. Nimr, "Defuzzification of the outputs of fuzzy controllers," presented at 5th Int. Conf. on Fuzzy Systems 1996, Cairo, Egypt. 1996.
Conference Proceedings [21] [21] T. J. van Weert and R. K. Munro, Eds., Informatics and the Digital Society: Social, ethical and cognitive issuesIFIP TC3/WG3.1&3.2 Open Conf. on Social, Ethical and Cognitive Issues of Informatics and ICT, July 22-26, 2002, Dortmund, Germany. Boston: Kluwer Academic, 2003.

Datasets
Material Type In Text Citation Reference List Entry
Dataset

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[22] M. Ambrose, 2018. "Air Infiltration Results for 129 Australian Dwellings," vol. 1, CSIRO, doi: 10.25919/5ca54346ef256.

Internet Content
Material Type In Text Citation Reference List Entry
Online Document [23] [23]  European Telecommunications Standards Institute, “Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB): Implementation guidelines for DVB terrestrial services; transmission aspects,” European Telecommunications Standards Institute, ETSI TR-101-190 V1.3.2, May 2011. Accessed: Aug. 17, 2012. [Online]. Available: www.etsi.org/deliver/etsi_TR/101100_101199/101190/01.03.02_60/tr_101190v010302p.pdf
Government Publication [24] [24] Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, "Survey on changes in awareness and understanding of science, engineering and technology: Report on findings," Australian Government, Canberra, ACT, Australia, Jun. 2008. Accessed: Sept. 7, 2010. [Online]. Available: webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080924013434/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/88983/20080924-1038/www.dest.gov.au/sectors/school_education/publications_resources/profiles/Survey.pdf
Legislation [25] [25] Australian Energy Market Act 2004 (Cth). [Online]. Available: https://www.legislation.gov.au/Series/C2004A01335. [Accessed: Apr. 11, 2019].
Webpage [26] [26] K. Zito. "Sega to Stop Production of Dreamcast." SFGATE.com. Accessed: Sept. 12, 2004. [Online]. Available: https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Sega-to-Stop-Production-Of-Dreamcast-2957226.php

Journal Articles
Material Type In Text Citation Reference List Entry
Journal Article from a Full Text Database [27] [27] H. Ayasso and A. Mohammad-Djafari, "Joint NDT image restoration and segmentation using Gauss–Markov–Potts prior models and variational Bayesian computation," IEEE Trans. Image Process., vol. 19, no. 9, pp. 2265-2277, 2010. Accessed Sep. 10, 2010, doi: 10.1109/TIP.2010.2047902. [Online]. Available: http://www.ieee.org
Journal Article from the Internet [28] [28] P. H. C. Eilers and J. J. Goeman, "Enhancing scatterplots with smoothed densities," Bioinformatics, vol. 20, no. 5, pp. 623-628, Mar. 2004. Accessed Sep. 18, 2004. [Online]. Available: https://academic.oup.com/bioinformatics/article/20/5/623/213453
Journal Article in Print, no DOI. [29] [29] G. Liu, K. Y. Lee, and H. F. Jordan, "TDM and TWDM de Bruijn networks and shufflenets for optical communications," IEEE Trans. Comp., vol. 46, no.6, pp. 695-701, Jun. 1997.
Journal Article in Print: Early access

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[30] F. Vatta, A. Soranzo, and F. Babich, "More accurate analysis of sum-product decoding of LDPC codes using a Gaussian approximation," IEEE Commun. Lett., early access, Dec.11, 2018, doi: 10.1109/LCOMM.2018.2886261. 

News Articles
Material Type In Text Citation Reference List Entry
Newspaper Article in Print

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[31] N. Perpitch, "Green groups battle to overturn gas plan," The Australian, Sep. 7, 2010.
News Article from the Internet

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[32] S. Arnold, "'First contact': Fears as alien object speeds toward Earth," News.com.au, Aug. 21, 2025. [Online]. Available: www.news.com.au/technology/science/space/first-contact-fears-as-alien-object-speeds-toward-earth/news-story/c7ecad74b50edd24651a294fc08b84e1

News Article from a Full Text Database

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[33] J. Riley, "Call for new look at skilled migrants," The Australian, May 31, 2005. [Online]. Available: http://global.factiva.com

Theses
Material Type In Text Citation Reference List Entry
Unpublished Thesis [34] [34]  M. W. Dixon, "Application of neural networks to solve the routing problem in communication networks," Ph.D. dissertation, Murdoch Univ., Murdoch, WA, Australia, 1999.
Published Thesis

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[35] M. Lehmann, Data Access in Workflow Management Systems. Berlin: Aka, 2006.
Thesis accessed online

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[36] F. Sudweeks, "Development and leadership in computer-mediated collaborative groups," PhD dissertation, Murdoch Univ., Murdoch, WA, Australia, 2004. [Online]. Available: https://core.ac.uk/download/11230988.pdf