How to reference acara apa 6th

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CDU APA 6th

Referencing Style Guide (February 2019 version)

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Contents

APA Fundamentals .......................................................................................... 3

Reference List ................................................................................................... 3

Citing in the text ............................................................................................... 5

Paraphrase ................................................................................................... 5

Direct quotes................................................................................................. 5

Secondary source .......................................................................................... 6

Personal communications............................................................................. 6

Examples .......................................................................................................... 7

Book .............................................................................................................. 7

eBook ............................................................................................................ 7

Journal article with doi ................................................................................ 7

Journal article without doi ........................................................................... 7

Web page ...................................................................................................... 7

Books - print and online ................................................................................... 8

Single author ................................................................................................ 8

eBook/electronic book ................................................................................ 11

Journal articles, Conference papers and Newspaper articles ........................ 13

Multimedia ..................................................................................................... 16

YouTube or Streaming video ..................................................................... 16

Online images ................................................................................................. 17

Web sources and online documents ................................................................ 20

Web page .................................................................................................... 20

Document from a website ........................................................................... 21

Legislation and cases ...................................................................................... 23

Common abbreviations .................................................................................. 24

Appendix 1: How to write an APA reference when information is missing .. 25

Appendix 2: Author layout for in-text citations ............................................. 26

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APA Fundamentals

Reference List

The reference list identifies the items cited in a document in enough detail, so they can be located by another person. The elements required for a reference list are outlined below:

• The reference list appears at the end of the article/report/document, starting on a new page.

• The reference list is headed by the title References, centred and bold.

• The reference list is organised in alphabetical order by first named authors or title if there is no author (ignore the words ‘A’, ‘An’, and ‘The’ when alphabetising by title). See “How do I…?” on the APA Referencing Guide.

• Each reference should be separated from the next reference by one empty line.

• All references should have a hanging indent (of 5-7 spaces) for the second and subsequent lines of each entry. See “How do I…?” on the APA Referencing Guide.

• Remove hyperlinks from URLs and DOIs. See “How do I…?” on the APA Referencing Guide.

• When the reference entry includes a URL that must be divided between two lines, break it before a slash or dash or at

another logical division point. i.e.: http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/mf/4102.0/opendocument#frombanner=LN /socialtrends/Australia/Northern Territory

• Capitalisation in APA style is very specific. In titles and subtitles of articles, chapters, books, reports and webpage titles, capitalise only the first letter of the first word of the title, the sub title and any proper nouns. For journal titles you must capitalise the first letter of every word (except for words like ‘in’, ‘at’, ‘of’, ‘the’)

• Italicise book titles, journal titles, and volume numbers. Do NOT italicise issue numbers.

• References cited in text must appear in the reference list and vice versa. The only exceptions to this rule are personal

communications and entire websites; they are cited in text only and are not included in the reference list.

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CDU APA 6th Reference Style Guide 2019

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• Use only the initial(s) of the author’s given name(s), not the full name. E.g. Robert Mark Smith will appear as Smith, R. M.

• If no date is listed on a resource, use n.d. (no date) instead. Example of citation: (Author, n.d.) / Example of reference: Author. (n.d.). Title. Retrieved from URL

• If the reference list includes 2 or more entries by the same author(s), list them in chronological order with the earliest first: Reference: Jones, J. (2012). Travel tips. Retrieved from URL In-text citation: (Jones, 2012) Reference: Jones, J. (2016). Worst holidays ever. Retrieved from URL In-text citation: (Jones, 2016) If the sources were published by the same author in the same year add a letter after the date in-text and in the reference: Reference: Smith, J. (2014a). Best food ever. Retrieved from URL In-text citation: (Smith, 2014a) Reference: Smith, J. (2014b). Chocolate is great. Retrieved from URL In-text citation: (Smith, 2014b) If the sources were published by the same author, and don’t have a date, use (n.d.) and list as follows: Reference: St John. (n.d.-a). Burns. Retrieved from URL In-text citation: (St John, n.d.-a) Reference: St John. (n.d.-b). Scalds. Retrieved from URL In-text citation: (St John, n.d.-b)

• Place of publication: Follow the city name with the abbreviation for the state or the full name of the country, e.g. Melbourne, Vic., or London, England. If you do not have the city, use the state, e.g. NSW, Australia

• If a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) is listed on an electronic source it is included in the reference. A DOI is a unique alphanumeric string that is used to identify a certain source (typically journal articles). It is often found on the first page of an article. An acceptable DOI does not include any CDU or ‘ezproxy’ information:

▪ Acceptable DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/arc0000014 - see ‘Journal article online: with doi’ (p. 13) http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/arc0000014 - see ‘Journal article online: with doi’ (p. 13) doi:10.1037/arc0000014 - see ‘Journal article with doi’ (p. 7)

▪ Not acceptable DOI: http://dx.doi.org.ezproxy.cdu.edu.au/10.1016/j.colegn.2015.09.002

• If the article doesn’t have a DOI then provide the URL. E.g. Retrieved from http://pit.sagepub.com/lookup/pmid =272

• It is possible to use an abbreviated version of an organisational author in text, but you must use it in full the first time. In-text example: (World Health Organization [WHO], 2014). Use square brackets if it is within parentheses. In your reference list use the full name of the author.

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Citing in the text

The purpose of citing in-text is to provide brief information about the source used. The complete information about the source is listed in the alphabetical list of references at the end of the document.

Paraphrase When paraphrasing only include author and year in your citation – e.g. (Jones, 2015). However, your lecturer may request you include a page number in your citation – e.g. (Jones, 2015, p. 3).