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Press / Media Release - Notes

Format - First note

     Number. Author, "Title of Release," release type, Month Day, Year of publication, URL

Examples - First note

     3. Simon Birmingham, "Tens of thousands of preschoolers to learn a language in 2017," media release, January 9, 2017, https://ministers.education.gov.au/birmingham/tens-thousands-preschoolers-learn-language-2017

     7. Woolworths Group, "Woolworths to sell fuel business and enter strategic partnership with BP," press release, December  28, 2016, http://www.woolworthsgroup.com.au/page/media/Press_Releases/woolworths-to-sell-fuel-business-and-enter-strategic-partnership-with-bp/

Format - Subsequent notes

     Number. Author, "Brief Title of Release."

Examples - Subsequent notes

     12. Birmingham, "Tens of thousands of preschoolers."

     15. Woolworths Group, "Woolworths to sell fuel business."

Press / Media Release - Bibliography

Format - Bibliography

Author. "Title of Release." Release type. Month Day, Year of release. URL

Examples - Bibliography

Birmingham, Simon. "Tens of Thousands of Preschooler to Learn a Language in 2017." Media release. January 9, 2017. http://ministers.education.gov.au/birmingham/tens-thousands-preschoolers-learn-language-2017

Woolworths Group. "Woolworths to sell fuel business and enter strategic partnership with BP." Press release. January 9, 2017. http://www.woolworthsgroup.com.au/page/media/Press_Releases/woolworths-to-sell-fuel-business-and-enter-strategic-partnership-with-bp/

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

Press Release