APA Referencing Handbook

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Q2. How can I reference the Study Guide?
Paraphrases
Study guides are listed like books. If there is no author,
When paraphrasing or summarising an idea from a
the department that provides the study guide should be
source, you must supply the surname of the author and
the author and the faculty will be the publisher. For
the year of publication in brackets at the end of the
example:
sentence. Including the page number(s) is encouraged as
it is good academic practice and helps your reader locate School of Management, Faculty of Commerce &
the source of your information. For example, Administration. (2002). Study guide title. Victoria
Understanding the speech process is important (Jones, University of Wellington.
2001, pp. 51-53).
Q3. When I use internet sources in the essay, do I
Direct quotations
provide the web address in in-text citation?
REFERENCING
When quoting directly from a source, the surname of the
Do NOT use the URL in in-text references – use the author’s
author, the year of publication and page number(s)
name or title of site instead.
should be provided after the quotation. For example, “ … THE APA STYLE
…” (Anderson, 1992, p. 64).
APA Resources
Quotes/ideas cited in another source
For further information on APA, check the following
When using an idea or quote cited in another source, sources:
acknowledge both sources. For example, …(Ward, 1968,
APA publication
as cited in Bowling, 1991, p. 38).
American Psychological Association. (2020). Publication
Please note that only the source actually used is included manual of the American Psychological Association. (7th
in the Reference list. ed.). American Psychological Association.
APA Style
https://apastyle.apa.org/
Frequently asked questions
Victoria University Library
Q1. Should I reference lecture notes? https://libguides.victoria.ac.nz/referencing-citing
Information from lecture notes, memos, e-mails, interviews University of Auckland
etc. are grouped under personal communication. It should be https://www.cite.auckland.ac.nz/2.html
acknowledged in the essay by citing the name and the date,
for example, (J. Brown, personal communication, May 14,
2003). However, personal communication is not included in
the reference list.

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Surname, Initials. (year of publication). Title of work.
The Reference List
https://xxxx
Similar to other referencing styles, APA requires detailed 2. ebook
publication information, such as author, date of publication, With a DOI (digital object identifier) Notes: 1) ‘Year of publication’ refers to the date the
journal or book title, publisher and other relevant Surname, Initials. (year of publication). Book title. article was last modified. It there is no date, type ‘n.d.’.
information. However, the format and order of how such Publisher name. https://doi.org/xxxx
6. Other sources
information should be listed may be different. Please pay
With a URL
attention to the use of punctuations, font style (e.g. italics) Film
Surname, Initials. (year of publication). Book title.
and indenting. Surname, Initials. (Director). (year of publication).
Publisher name. https://xxxx
Movie title [Film]. Producing company.
1. Books.
Single author 3. Printed Periodicals/journals Unpublished conference proceedings/ papers
Surname, Initials. (year of publication). Book title. Surname, Initials. (year of publication). Article title. Surname, Initials. (year, month date). Article title
Publisher name. Periodical title, Volume no(issue no), page [Paper presentation]. Conference name, place of
numbers. conference.
2+ authors
Surname, Initials., Surname, Initials. & Surname, Notes: 1) The issue number is not required if it is not
Initials. (year of publication). Book title. Publisher available; 2) ‘pp.’ is not used with the page numbers of Making the Reference List
name. journal articles.
q
All sources should be listed together and not
Corporate author separated into different categories.
4. Other types of printed articles
Name of organisation. (year of publication). Book
Magazine article q
title. Publisher name. The reference list should be arranged alphabetically
Surname, Initials. (year, month date). Article title.
according to authors’ surnames.
Edited books Magazine title, p.7.
q
Surname, Initials. & Surname, Initials. (Eds.). (year of For each reference, the first line is typed from the
Newspaper article
publication). Book title. Publisher name. beginning of the left margin, and any additional lines
Surname, Initials. (year, month date). Article title.
are indented as a group a few spaces to the right of
Article or chapter in edited books Newspaper title, p.B2.
the left margin.
Surname, Initials. (year of publication). Article or
Notes: 1) If there is no individual author, use the
chapter title. In Initials. Surname (Ed.), Book title q
corporate author, which often is the organisation that If two or more sources from the same author are
(pp.20-40). Publisher name.
publishes the material; 2) If there is no author, start with cited, they are listed chronologically in the reference
Notes: 1) The pages of the article or chapter should be the article title, followed by the date and the rest. list. If two sources from the same author were
provided and listed with ‘pp.’; 2) ‘s’ is added to ‘Ed.’ if published in the same year, use 'a' and b' to
there are more than one editor; 3) the subtitle of a book 5. Online periodicals/journals distinguish them, e.g. 1999a and 1999b.
is listed after the book title and the colon ‘:’ (e.g. Main Surname, Initials., Surname, Initials., &
title: Subtitle); 4) the first letter of the first word in the Surname, Initials. (year of publication). Title of
title and subtitle should be capitalised (The same rule article. Title of periodical, volume no (issue no), 20-
applies to article titles.). 30. https://doi.org/xxxx or https://xxxx
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