Acknowledging the Source
The examples below use the Harvard or author/date system. For further information on citations, references and bibliographies refer to the publication Acknowledging the Source available for sale at CITSA bookshops and Learning Centres or online at WebCT > Study Support Course > Library Stuff.
The standard format for referencing a publication is:
Author's surname, Initials of first name/s publication date, Title (in italics OR if your work is handwritten underline the title), Publisher, Place of publication.
Books
Books with one author
Tiffen, R 1999, Scandals: media, politics & corruption in contemporary Australia, UNSW Press, Sydney.
One - three authors
Connoley, R & Rock P 1999, Managing Australian business: corporate, human resources, operations, 3rd edn, VCTA Publishing, South Melbourne.
More than 3 authors
Singh, S et al. 2001, Aboriginal Australia & the Torres Strait islands: guide to indigenous Australia, Lonely Planet, Hawthorn, Victoria.
An editor or compiler
Whitehead, G (ed.), 2001, Planting the nation, Australian Garden History Society, Melbourne.
No author or editor
Gas installation code, 1998, Australian Gas Association, Highett, Victoria.
Encyclopedias
No author
Mythology, 2002, In The World Book Encyclopedia, 20th edn, World Book International, London, vol.13, pp.973-990.
Author
Valentine, JW 1997, Animal evolution, In McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, 8th edn, McGraw Hill Book Company, New York, vol.1, pp.675-681.
Online
Milius, S 2004, Toxin takeout: frogs borrow poison for skin from ants, in McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology Online, Access Science, viewed 28 April 2005, <http://www.accessscience.com>.
Journals
Pockley, P 2002, Bushfire research smoulders, Australasian Science, vol 23, no 2, March 2002, pp.20-21.
Nikas, C 2001, Retail: weathering the storm?, Ragtrader, 9-22 November, p.9.
Online
Eindhoven, BF 2004, Hi-fi failure helps to brighten beer, New Scientist, July 10, 2004, vol.183, issue 2455, p.21, Infotrac, viewed 16 March 2005, <http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/cit_tafe>
Legislation
Online
Australian Passports Act (Cth) No. 5 of 2005, Scaleplus, viewed 8 April 2005, <http://scaleplus.law.gov.au/html/comact/12/6919/top.htm>.
Newspapers
An author
Cronin, D 2002, May 7, Crisis in childcare; workers call for enquiry, The Canberra Times, p.3.
No author
Barcelona rises up on the shoulders of giants, 2002, January 19, Australian Financial Review, p.43.
Online
Philipson, G 2005, April 21, Revenge of the machine, The Age, p.8, Fairfax, viewed 17 May 2005, <http://newsstore.f2.com>.
Standards
Online
Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand 2000, Code of Practice for Bungy Jumping (AS/NZS 5848:2000), Standards International, Sydney, Standards online Premium, viewed 22 April 2005, <http://onlinestandards.com.au/online>.
Videos/DVDs
No author
Teamwork: human resource management at Rebel Sport 2000, videorecording, Video Education Australasia, Bendigo, Vic.
Multi-part series
Walk on by: the story of popular song 2001, videorecording, episode 3, The road to rock ‘n’ roll, BBC, Bristol.
Web Sites
The standard format for referencing a website is:
Author’s family name, initial (followed by a space) date of creation of site/last revision of site 'Title of work', name of owner/sponsor of the site (where given), the date the site was accessed/viewed, the URL or web address enclosed in angle brackets.
No author
Hair Expo Australia 2005, Hair Expo Australia, viewed 16 May 2005, <http://www.hairexpo.com.au/>.
Author
Lick, S 2005, Capture those ideas before they float away, AbsoluteWrite, viewed 23 February 2005, <http://www.absolutewrite.com/novels/lick02-09-05.htm>.
