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UC Referencing Guide

Thesis

Format

Number Author, 'Title of Work' (Document Type, Institution, Day Month Year of Creation) Pinpoint <http://xxxxx>.

Examples

7 Alan Brian Socha, 'Students' Assessments of Instruction: A Validity Study' (Masters Thesis, Western Carolina University, 2010) 72.

10 John McCaffrey, 'The Extent to Which Clubs are Perceived as Learning Organisations' (Doctoral Thesis, University of Canberra, 2008) 24 <http://erl.canberra.edu.au/public/adt-AUC20081205.095000/>.

Unpublished Work / Self Citing

Note: Check with your lecturer first to find out if it is permissable to cite your own work.

Format

Number Author, 'Title of Work' (Type of Work, Institution, Year of Creation).

Example

11 Graham Smith, 'Investigating an Australian Upland Stream' (Manuscript, University of Canberra, 2001).

EndNote Reference Type

Thesis

Citing a Source Within a Source

When a source is directly quoted in another work enter the reference as:

Full source, quoting Full source

Lorelle Burton, Drew Weston and Robin Kowalski, Psychology (Milton, 2nd ed, 2009), quoting J C Overholser, 'Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Social Phobia' (2002) 32 Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy 125.


When a source is cited (or just mentioned) in another work enter the reference as:

Full source, cited in Full source

G E Schwartz, 'Personality and Health: An Integrative health Science Approach' in VP Makosky (ed), The G. Stanley Hall Lecture Series: Vol 7 (American Psychological Association, 1987), cited in Lorelle Burton, Drew Weston and Robin Kowalski, Psychology (Milton, 2nd ed, 2009) 576.