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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]

Journal articles: single author

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

In-text

(Biggs 1978)

Reference list

Biggs, SD 1978, 'Planning Rural Technologies in the context of social structures and reward systems', Journal of Agricultural Economics, vol. XXIX, no. 3, pp 257-274.

  1. Author: Biggs, SD
  2. Date: 1978,
  3. Title (article) - in single quotes: 'Planning Rural Technologies in the context of social structures and reward systems',
  4. Title (journal) - in italics: Journal of Agricultural Economics,
  5. Volume, edition no.: vol. XXIX, no. 3,
  6. Pages: pp 257-274.

Two authors

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

In-text

(Wilkinson and Duncan 1993)

Reference list

Wilkinson, RE and Duncan, RR 1993, 'Influence of Ruthenium Red on calcium (45C2+) absorption by sorghum seedling roots', Journal of Plant Nutrition, vol. 16, no. 2, pp 259-265.

  1. Authors: Wilkinson, RE and Duncan, RR
  2. Date: 1993,
  3. Title (article) - in single quotes: 'Influence of Ruthenium Red on calcium (45C2+) absorption by sorghum seedling roots',
  4. Title (journal) - in italics: Journal of Plant Nutrition,
  5. Volume, edition no.: vol. 16, no. 2,
  6. Pages: pp 259-265.

Three or more authors

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

In-text

(Knight et al 2002)

Reference list

Knight, A, Blott, A, Portelli, M and Highett, C 2002, 'Use of tree and shrub belts to control leakage in three dryland cropping environments', Australian Journal of Agricultural Research, vol. 53, no. 5, pp 571-577.

  1. Authors: Knight, A, Blott, A, Portelli, M and Highett, C
  2. Date: 2002,
  3. Title (article) - in single quotes: 'Use of tree and shrub belts to control leakage in three dryland cropping environments',
  4. Title (journal) - in italics: Australian Journal of Agricultural Research,
  5. Volume, edition no.: vol. 53, no. 5,
  6. Pages: pp 571-577.
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