Apa 6th curtin

BEFORE you begin, please note: Last updated August 2013

This brief guide is primarily for students doing assignments at Curtin University, not

for those publishing using the APA 6th style.

If you are publishing in the APA 6th style, please consult the APA publication manual:

American Psychological Association. (2009). Publication manual of the

American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.

If you require extra help not available in this guide please try

 APA style guide to electronic references

 APA Style Blog

Guide contents Overview:

 What is referencing?

 Why reference?

 Steps involved in referencing

 Elements of a reference

 Sample reference list

 Reference types for EndNote X6

Reference Examples:

 Books and eBooks

 Journals (Print and Online)

 World Wide Web

 Government Publications

 Other Sources

 Authors Citing Other Authors

It is important that you check the assignment guide of your Department or School as

details may vary from the guidelines on this sheet. You may be penalised for not using the

referencing style that is required by your School/Department.

Academic integrity and plagiarism Plagiarism breaches academic integrity and is a serious accusation in academia. Make sure you

avoid plagiarism by referencing your sources.

Refer to the Curtin University student booklet Academic Integrity: Student Guidelines for Avoiding Plagiarism for

definitions and University policies relating to academic integrity and plagiarism.

CURTIN UNIVERSITY LIBRARY APA 6th REFERENCING

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What is Referencing?

Referencing is a standardised method of acknowledging sources of information and ideas that you have

used in your assignment in a way that uniquely identifies their source. Direct quotations, facts and

figures, as well as ideas and theories, from both published and unpublished works, must be referenced.

Why Reference?

Referencing is necessary to avoid plagiarism, to verify quotations, and to enable readers to follow-up and

read more fully the cited author’s arguments.

Steps Involved in Referencing

1. Collecting Bibliographic Details

Note down the full bibliographic details of the source from which the information is taken, including the

relevant page number(s). This information is the basis of a citation or reference.

In the case of a book, ‘bibliographical details’ refers to: author/editor, year of publication, title,

edition, volume number, place of publication and publisher as found on the front and back of the title

page. (Not all of these details will necessarily be applicable).

In the case of a journal article the details required include: author of the article, year of publication,

title of the article, title of the journal, volume and issue number of the journal, and page numbers.

For all electronic information, in addition to the above you should note the DOI (Digital Object

Identifier) if one exists, and if one does not exist, the web address (URL) of the database you found

the article in. For more details see the DOI Information Sheet.

2. In-Text Citations

A citation inserted at the appropriate place within the text of the document is called an in-text citation.

This usually takes the form of the name of the author, followed by the year of publication.

Two acceptable forms of in-text citations are:

Miller and Collins (2009) - use and when family names are outside parentheses

(Miller & Collins, 2009) - use & when family names are inside parentheses

If two or more authors are cited at the same point in the text then they are included in the same in-text

citation, separated by a semicolon, e.g., (Brown, 1991; Smith, 2003).

Short quotes

For fewer that 40 words incorporate the quote into the text and use double quotation marks.

“………………………….” (Brown & Brown, 2008, p.112).

Brown and Brown (2008) suggested “……………………………” (p. 112), and this

would provide…

When paraphrasing, the APA 6th manual (p.171) encourages you to provide page or paragraph

numbers to help the reader locate the information.

Use paragraph number for .html documents (e.g. British Empire 1922, 2009, para.4)

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