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UC Referencing Guide

Report

See also Government Document

 

Format

Author, AA Year of publication, Title of work, report number, Publisher, Location.

Author, AA Year of publication, Title of work, report number, Site Sponsor, Location, viewed Day Month Year, <http://xxxxx>

Note

If the corporate author and publisher are the same, enter an abbreviation for the publisher. The first occurrence of the name of a corporate author must be given in full, whether in the written text or in a citation.  If the abbreviation of the corporate author is familiar or readily understandable then it can be entered after the full name and used in subsequent occurrences. e.g. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).

Example

Local Government Association of South Australia 2009, Local government's current and potential role in water management and conservation: final report,  prepared by the South Australian Centre for Economic Studies, SACES, Adelaide.

Simon, J, Smith, K & West, T 2009, Price incentives and consumer payment behaviour, Reserve Bank of Australia, Sydney, viewed 24 November 2009, <http://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2009/2009-04.html>

Physical habitat theme Pilot Audit technical report 2004, MDBC publication 10/04, Murray-Darling Basin Commission, Canberra.

EndNote Reference Type

Report

Citing a Source Within a Source

When citing a source you haven't read yourself, but which is referred to in a source you have read.

In-text reference

Lilly (as cited in Maxwell 1999, p.25) stated that '...'

'...' (Schwartz as cited in Burton, Westen & Kowalski 2009, p.63)

Reference list

Maxwell, F 1999, Phonology, Brooks Cole, San Francisco.

Burton L, Westen D & Kowalski R 2009, Psychology, Wiley, Milton, Qld.

No Author / Editor

General guidelines

If there is no author - substitute the title in the position of the author.

Format

Title of work Year of publication, Publisher, Location.

Examples

Macroeconomics, prices and quantities: Essays in memory of Arthur M. Okun 1983, Blackwell, Oxford, England.

No Location / No Publisher / No Year

General guidelines

If the location is not known - substitute n.p. in place of the location.

There are no guidelines for citing works with no publisher in the Style Manual: For Authors, Editors and Printers.  It is acceptable in other styles to use the location and date.  Consult your lecturer before citing material without a publisher.

If the date is not known - substitute an approximate date (c. for circa or ? after date) or n.d. in place of the year.

Format - no date

Author, AA c. year, Title of work, Publisher, Location.

Author, AA n.d., Title of work, Publisher, Location.

Author, AA 1943?, Title of work, Publisher, Location.

Examples

Smythe, V c. 2007, Ant colonies: How they communicate, Emu, Canberra.

Browne, JD n.d., Forensic science as a career, Tower, London.