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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]

Personal communication: individual

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

In-text

  • When interviewed on 15 May 2001, Mr R Forbes stated... OR
  • Mr R Forbes confirmed his statement by fax on 15 May 2003... OR
  • The statement claimed that Martians had landed in Moonee Ponds (R. Forbes [Australian UFO Society] pers. comm., 15 May 2003).

Reference list

Not included in the list of references.

Personal communication: e-mail

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

Important: never publish an email address without the owner's permission.

In-text

(Milnthorpe 2002)

Reference list

Milnthorpe, RQ 2002, e-mail, 26 November, <milnthorpe@scraggemback.com.au>

  1. Author: Milnthorpe, RQ
  2. Date (year): 2002,
  3. Identifier: e-mail,
  4. Date: 26 November,
  5. Address: <milnthorpe@scraggemback.com.au>

Lectures and seminars

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

In-text

  • "There is no need to panic", stated Mr R Forbes at his public lecture on 18 May 2003... OR
  • The Chair (Seminar on the Moonee Ponds Phenomena 11 June 2003) drew attention to the unexplained spontaneous combustion of Mr Ron Forbes...

Reference list

Not included in the list of references.
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