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Standard - Notes

Note: Standards are cited by the title in notes and by the group or organisation in the bibliography.
Format - First note

     Number. Title of Standard Standard number (Location: Publisher, Year of publication), page, URL

Examples - First note

     14. Design and Installation of Sheet Roof and Wall Cladding - Metal, AS 1562.1-1992 (Homebush, Australia: Standards Australia, published July 20, 1992, reconfirmed June 17, 2016)

     18. Playground Surfacing: Specifications, Requirements and Test Method, AS/NZS 4422-1996 (Homebush, Australia: Jointly published by Standards Australia and Standards New Zealand, 1996), http://www.saiglobal.com

Format - Subsequent notes

     Number. Brief Title of Work, page.

Examples - Subsequent notes

     17. Sheet Roof and Wall Cladding

     21. Playground Surfacing.

Standard - Bibliography

Format - Bibliography

Author. Title of Work. Standard Number. Location: Publisher, Year of publication. URL

Examples - Bibliography

Standards Australia. Design and Installation of Sheet Roof and Wall Cladding - Metal. AS 1562.1-1992. Homebush, Australia: SA, published July 20, 1992, reconfirmed June 17, 2016.

Standards Australia and Standards New Zealand. Playground Surfacing: Specifications, Requirements and Test Method. AS/NZS 4422-1996. Homebush, Australia: Jointly published by Standards Australia and Standards New Zealand, 1996. http://www.saiglobal.com

No Author / Editor

If the author or editor is unknown, the note or bibliography entry should normally begin with the title.  An initial article is ignored in alphabetising.

Format - First note

     1. Title of Work (Location, Publisher, Year of publication), page, URL

Example - First note

     3. Macroeconomics, Prices and Quantities: Essays in Memory of Arthur M. Okun. (Oxford: Blackwell, 1983), 22.

Format - Subsequent notes

     2. Brief Title of Work, page.

Example - Subsequent notes

     4. Macroeconomics, Prices and Quantities, 27.

Format - Bibliography

Title of Work. Location: Publisher, Year of publication. URL

Example - Bibliography

Macroeconomics, Prices and Quantities: Essays in Memory of Arthur M. Okun. Oxford: Blackwell, 1983.

No Location / No Publisher / No Year

If the location is unknown, the abbreviation n.p. takes the place of the location.

If the publisher is unknown, just enter the location and date.

If the year is unknown, the abbreviation n.d. or an estimated year in brackets takes the place of the year.

Examples - First note

     5. J. D. Browne, Forensic Science as a Career (London: Tower, n.d.).

     9. V. Smythe, Ant Colonies: How They Communicate (Canberra: Emu, [2007?]).

Examples - Bibliography

Browne, J. D. Forensic Science as a Career. London: Tower, n.d.

Smythe, V. Ant Colonies: How They Communicate. Canberra: Emu, [2007?].

Citing a Source Within a Source

Cite all known details of the original source, then type 'quoted in' and cite details of the source you are viewing.

Examples - First note

     2. G. E. Schwartz, "Personality and Health: An Integrative Health Science Approach," in The G. Stanley Hall Lecture Series: Vol. 7, ed. V. P. Makosky (Washington: American Psychological Association, 1987), quoted in Lorelle Burton, Drew Westen and Robin Kowalski, Psychology, 2nd ed. (Milton, Australia: Wiley, 2009), 576.

     6. J. C. Overholser, "Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Social Phobia," Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy 32 (2002): 125-144, quoted in Lorelle Burton, Drew Westen and Robin Kowalski, Psychology, 2nd ed. (Milton, Australia: Wiley, 2009).

Examples - Subsequent notes

     4. Schwartz, "Personality and Health."

     10. Overholser, "Treatment of Social Phobia."

Examples - Bibliography

Overholser, J. C. "Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Social Phobia." Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy 32 (2002): 125-144. Quoted in Lorelle Burton, Drew Westen and Robin Kowalski. Psychology. 2nd ed. Milton, Australia: Wiley, 2009.

Schwartz, G. E. "Personality and Health: An Integrative Health Science Approach." In The G Stanley Hall Lecture Series: Vol. 7. Edited by V. P. Makosky. Washington: American Psychologial Association, 1987. Quoted in Lorelle Burton, Drew Westen and Robin Kowalski. Psychology. 2nd ed. Milton, Australia: Wiley, 2009.

EndNote Reference Type

Standard