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UC Referencing Guide

General Guidelines

If each issue of a journal begins on page 1, include the issue number after the volume number.  If the pagination is continuous throughout the volume, no issue is entered.

E-Journal

Format

Author, AA Year of publication, 'Title of article', Title of Journal, vol. x, no. x, pp. xx-xx, viewed Day Month Year, Database name.

Author, AA Year of publication, 'Title of article', Title of Journal, vol. x, no. x, pp. xx-xx, viewed Day Month Year, <http://xxxxx>

Examples

Johns, E & Mewhort, D 2009, 'Test sequence priming in recognition memory', Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition, vol. 35, pp. 1162-74, viewed 17 May 2012, PsycARTICLES.

Noor, A 2008, 'Ethics, religion and good governance', JOAAG: Journal of Administration & Governance, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 62-77, viewed 17 November 2009, <http://www.joaag.com/Home_Page.php>

Ramalho, M, Da Silva, G & Dias, L 2009, 'Genetic plant improvement and climate changes', Crop Breeding and Applied Biotechnology, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 189-95, viewed 5 July 2012, <http://www.sbmp.org.br/cbab>

Restouin, A, Aresta, S, Prebet, T, Borg, J, Badache, A & Collette, Y 2009, 'A Simplified, 96-well-adapted, ATP luminescence-based motility assay', BioTechniques, vol. 47, pp. 871-75, viewed 14 November 2012, <http://www.biotechniques.com/BiotechniquesJournal/>

Note

See Journal Article - Print for all forms of journal articles.

EndNote Reference Type

Electronic Article

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.