Note: There are no formal guidelines for Press Releases in the Author/Date section of the Chicago Manual of Style 17th ed. UC will be using the guidelines from the Notes section and adapting them to the Author/Date style.
Author. Year of release. "Title of Release." Release type, Month Day, Year of release. URL
Birmingham, Simon. 2017. "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. 2017. "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/
Note: If the author, editor, translator, of the like is unknown, the reference should start with the title. Works attributed to "Anonymous" should use this as the author.
Title of Work. Year of publication. Edition. Location: Publisher. URL
Anonymous. Year of publication. Title of Work. Edition. Location: Publisher. URL
Anonymous. 1796. On the Prosodies of teh Greek and Latin Languages. London.
Macroeconomics, Prices and Quantities: Essays in Memory of Arthur M. Okun. 1983. Oxford: Blackwell.
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 bakes the place of the year.
Browne, J. D. n.d. Forensic Science as a Career. London: Tower.
Smythe, V. [2007?]. Ant Colonies: How They Communicate. Canberra: Emu.
It is always better to read the original source of a quote, however, you may not always have access to the original source. When citing a source you haven't read yourself, but which is referred to in a source you have read, include the original author and date in the text and cite the secondary source.
Schwartz 1987 (quoted in Burton, Westen and Kowalski 2009, p.576) stated that "..."
Burton, Lorelle, Drew Westen and Robin Kowalski. 2009. Psychology. 2nd ed. Milton, Australia: Wiley.
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