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Acknowledging Sources

"To avoid plagiarism, you must give credit whenever you use another person's work. This means that whenever you use information obtained from another source including ideas, examples, theories or opinions, you must give a full reference to that source."

Language and Learning Skills Unit's Referencing Guide Acknowledging Sources

Further information: Snooks & Co. Style manual for authors, editors and printers (rev. 6th ed.) Milton, Qld: John Wiley and Sons. [Catalogue entry]

Book: single author

In-text, Reference list - order of citation. (Animated).
N.B. Items in the Reference List are listed alphabetically.

In-text

(Popenoe 1920)

Reference list

Popenoe, W 1920, Manual of tropical and sub-tropical fruits, (facsimile reprinted 1974), Hafner Press, Macmillan Publishing Co., New York.

  1. Author: Popenoe, W
  2. Date: 1920,
  3. Title - in italics: Manual of tropical and sub-tropical fruits,
  4. Identifier - in parentheses: (facsimile reprinted 1974),
  5. Publisher: Hafner Press, Macmillan Publishing Co.,
  6. City: New York.

Two authors

In-text, Reference list - order of citation. (Animated).
N.B. Items in the Reference List are listed alphabetically.

In-text

(Schmidt and Yates 1985)

Reference list

Schmidt, PJ and Yates, NTM 1985, Beef cattle production, 2nd edn, Butterworths, Sydney.

  1. Authors: Schmidt, PJ and Yates, NTM
  2. Date: 1985,
  3. Title - in italics: Beef cattle production,
  4. Edition: 2nd edn,
  5. Publisher: Butterworths,
  6. City: Sydney.

Three or more authors

In-text, Reference list - order of citation. (Animated).
N.B. Items in the Reference List are listed alphabetically.

In-text

(Malcolm et al 1996)

Reference list

Malcolm, B, Sale, P and Egan, A 1996, Agriculture in Australia: an introduction, Oxford University Press, Melbourne.

  1. Authors: Malcolm, B, Sale, P and Egan, A
  2. Date: 1996,
  3. Title - in italics: Agriculture in Australia: an introduction,
  4. Publisher: Oxford University Press,
  5. City: Melbourne.

Corporate author

In-text, Reference list - order of citation. (Animated).
N.B. Items in the Reference List are listed alphabetically.

In-text

(National Farmers' Federation 1989)

Reference list

National Farmers' Federation 1989, Australian agriculture: the complete reference on rural industry, 2nd edn, ed. J Cribb, Morescope Pty Ltd, Melbourne.

  1. Author: National Farmers' Federation
  2. Date: 1989,
  3. Title - in italics: Australian agriculture: the complete reference on rural industry,
  4. Edition: 2nd edn,
  5. Editor: ed. J Cribb,
  6. Publisher: Morescope Pty Ltd,
  7. City: Melbourne.

Editor

In-text, Reference list - order of citation. (Animated).
N.B. Items in the Reference List are listed alphabetically.

In-text

(Muchow 1985)

Reference list

Muchow, RC (ed.) 1985, Agro-research for the semi-arid tropics: North-west Australia, University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, Queensland.

  1. Editor: Muchow, RC (ed.)
  2. Date: 1985,
  3. Title - in italics: Agro-research for the semi-arid tropics: North-west Australia,
  4. Edition: 2nd edn,
  5. Publisher: University of Queensland Press,
  6. City: St Lucia, Queensland.
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