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APA Referencing
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Referencing
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QUT APA
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At university, you are expected to cite and reference all information you use in
your assignments.
QUT APA is one of four official referencing styles accepted for use at QUT. It is
based on the American Psychological Association publication manual.
2010: 6th edition
If you’re not sure which referencing style to use for your course, ask your
lecturer or tutor.
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Why
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How
These bracket fungi?
How would you find this macrofern?
Or this tree?
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In this forest?
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Why
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How
Maps
Referencing is like providing a
map of where you have been.
Correct use of referencing will
allow you and your lecturer to
find the same articles, books
and other items that you have
used for your assignment.
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Why
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Referencing
ensures that
you avoid
plagiarism.
What is plagiarism?
Plagiarism is using someone
else’s work, whether that be
words, images or ideas; and
not telling people where you
found the information.
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Referencing
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Each reference has two parts
in text citation
– Located in the text of your essay
– Includes some of the details of your
source
Essay extract
Australia’s unique and magnificent landforms are a great tourist
attraction. Uluru is the largest rock in the world and is a
spectacular sight in Australia’s central desert (Georgiou, 2007, p.
21). The Great Barrier Reef, off the coast of Queensland, is the
largest coral reef in the world and home to many tropical fish and
animals (Georgiou, 2007, p. 43). Australia has thousands of
miles of white sandy beaches and large tracts of lush tropical
rainforests. Over half of the continent is a vast, flat desert region.
(Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism, 2009). As one
tourist put it “this place is HUGE!” (Georgiou, 2007, p. 5).
Australia’s landscape is remarkable in the size and variety of
spectacular landforms that are visited by travellers to this
country.
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reference list entry
– Located at the end of your essay
– Includes all the details of your source
Reference List
Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism. (2009). Australia’s
natural heritage. Retrieved 10 February, 2009 from
http://www.ret.gov.au/pubs/2008_09/natural_heritage.html
Georgiou, P. (2007). Famous landmarks of Australia (3rd ed.).
Sydney, NSW: Wiley and Son.
Proctor, T. & Thomas, R. (2004). Australian Tourism and the
“Tyranny of Distance”. Australian Economic Quarterly, 17(1),
35-47. doi: 156555/778547
Zeehan, J. (2008). Going a round with a kangaroo: Tourists’
encounters with Australian wildlife. In M. McKay & X. Mitchell
(Eds.), Travellers and holidaymakers: Tourism in Australia
1955-2005 (pp. 48-72). Sydney, NSW: Martyn Publishing.
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Providing a reference is like
putting together a puzzle
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You need all the right pieces
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Page
Numbers
(if required)
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In the right order
Why
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Year of
Publication
Title
Author /
Creator
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Location
(where it can be
obtained)
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In-text citations require
less information
Why
What
How
Essay extract
Australia’s unique and magnificent landforms are a great tourist
attraction. Uluru is the largest rock in the world and is a spectacular
sight in Australia’s central desert (Georgiou, 2007, p. 21). The Great
Author
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Year
Published
Page
Numbers
(if required)
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Different resources need
different details
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A Book
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Book Reference in the Reference List
Georgiou, P. (2007). Famous landmarks of
Australia (3rd ed.). Sydney, NSW: Wiley
and Son.
Year
Published
Author
(year).
Title
Title of book
(edition
number).
Location
Place of
publication:
Publisher.
Last name, Initial.
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A Chapter of a Book
Why
What
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Chapter Reference in the Reference List
Zeehan, J. (2008). Going a round with a kangaroo: Tourists’
encounters with Australian wildlife. In M. McKay & X.
Mitchell (Eds.), Travellers and holidaymakers: Tourism in
Australia 1955-2005 (pp. 48-72). Sydney, NSW: Martyn
Publishing.
Chapter
Author
Last name, Initial.
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Year
Published
(year).
Title
Title of chapter.
Editor(s) of book,
Title of book
(page numbers of
chapter).
Location
Place of
publication:
Publisher
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A Journal Article
Why
What
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Article Reference from the Reference List
Proctor, T. & Thomas, R. (2004). Australian Tourism and
the “Tyranny of Distance”.
Australian Economic
Quarterly, 17(1), 35-47. doi: 156555/778547
Year
Published
Author(s)
Last names,
Initials.
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(year).
Title
Title of the article.
Title of the journal,
volume number
(issue number),
page numbers.
Location
DOI
(if available) /
URL of journal
web page
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A Web Page
Why
What
How
Web Page Reference in the Reference List
Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism. (2009).
Australia’s natural heritage. Retrieved 10 February,
2009 from http://www.ret.gov.au/pubs/2008_09/
atural_heritage.html
Author
(if no
individual
author, use
organisation that
owns the website)
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Year
Published
(year).
Title
Title of the web
page
Location
Date
Retrieved (if
required) from
web address of
web page
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Remember
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How
Punctuation is important in referencing.
Make sure you follow it exactly.
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Referencing
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Check out the Library website
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http://www.library.qut.edu.au/
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That leads you to cite write
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+
http://www.citewrite.qut.edu.au/
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Why
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Follow the APA examples
done for you in cite|write.
Sometimes you just
have to work it out.
If there is no exact example,
follow the rules for each part
of the reference.
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There are people to help
Why
What
How
Face-to-face at Library Helpdesks
Over the phone
Via AskQUT (email)
By webchat
http://www.library.qut.edu.au/help/
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Image references (in order of appearance)
PAGES 4-15
R Levy and S Levy, 'Macrofern', In: http://www.flickr.com/photos/robandstephanielevy/339464069/in/set-72157594449650560/,
ed, 2006.
R Levy and S Levy, 'Smushrooms', In: http://www.flickr.com/photos/robandstephanielevy/339470904/in/set-72157594449650560/,
ed, 2006.
J Lindie, 'Great Ocean Road Forest', In: http://www.flickr.com/photos/spiros2004/2621009001/, ed, 2008.
Talkev, 'Forest', In: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tallkev/270039018/, ed, 2006, path through a forest
Google, In: http://maps.google.com.au/maps Brisbane National Parks, ed, Brisbane/Redlands.
Idiolector, 'old notes, new purpose', In: http://www.flickr.com/photos/idiolector/474617321/, ed, 2007, Pen on hand-written notes.
L. Daly, 'Puzzle', In: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lizadaly/2944362379/, ed, 2008.
D. Norman, 'surplus journals - 1', In: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dnorman/2197474415/, ed, 2008.
Samad Jee, 'The new W7 - Windows 7 ; Good or Bad?' In: http://www.flickr.com/photos/samadjee/3183738090/, ed, 2009.
S. McGlenchy, 'book from above', In: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephmcg/1592886057/in/photostream/, ed, 2007.
S. Taki, 'Music 02', In: http://www.flickr.com/photos/13519089@N03/1396525210/in/set-72157602144159926/, ed, 2007.
Leo Reynolds, 'comma', 2006, comma yellow on green with link pattern
.
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Image references (in order of appearance)
PAGES 20-25
lesleyhyphenanne, 'punctuation hankies', In: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lesleyhyphenanne/3108873217/, ed, 2008, inverted
commas embroidered onto a hanky
Tom Magliery, 'semi', In: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mag3737/2601376306/, ed, 2008, semicolon carved in stone
Ian Langworth, 'exclamation', In: http://www.flickr.com/photos/statico/84048914/, ed, 2006, cactus in the shape of an exclamation
mark
Leo Reynolds, 'ampersand', In: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lwr/97592552/, ed, 2006, ampersand etched into a metal disc.
urbanmkrs, In: http://www.flickr.com/photos/urbanmkr/2429870360/, ed, 2008, red dot screwed to a cement surface.
A. Muya, 'My Roommate Studying', In: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aldrin_muya/3114768397/, ed, 2008.
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