10. Compiling your reference list (or bibliography)
• Every assignment needs a reference list.
• Every source that you have cited in the text should appear in the reference list.
• Every source in the reference list should appear in your text.
• The references are in alphabetical order of the authors' family names.
Different disciplines use different referencing conventions, eg Harvard, APA, Vancouver, Chicago. Each one has is its own particular style of ordering and punctuating references. Check your unit outline to see which style is recommended.
Below are links to various referencing guides:
A full APA and Harvard guide An abridged Harvard guideAn abridged APA guide The University of Canberra Law Guide
Paraphrasing means re-telling what the original author said in your own way. You should have started to do this in making your notes.
Using referencing software
The UC Library has training sessions on how to use referencing software such as Endnote and RefWorks which can save you a great deal of time in inserting in-text references and compiling your reference list for your assignment.
Here is a sample reference list in the APA style:
Academic Skills Program, University of Canberra (n.d.). Acknowledging sources. http://www.canberra.edu.au/studyskills/attachments/pdf/apa.pdf. Accessed 2 March 2007.
Alter, S. (2002). Information systems: foundation of e-business. 4th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ; Great Britain: Prentice Hall.
IT job opportunities. (2005, September 13). The Australian, p. 33.
Monk, A. & Howard, S. (1998). The rich picture: a tool for reasoning about work context. Interactions, March-April, pp. 21-30.
The following table shows how to reference, in the APA style, different kinds of sources both in the body of your assignment (in-text) and in your reference list.
Type of source
In-text referencing
Reference list
Book
Wilson (2001, p.6) discusses the importance of “…”.
OR
… as found in the case study (Wilson, 2001, p. 6).
Wilson, K. (2001). Reinventing medicine. San Francisco: Harper
Collins.
Journal article
Kramer and Bloggs (2006) stipulated that …
OR
It was stipulated that … (Kramer & Bloggs, 2006, p. 266).
Kramer, E., & Bloggs, T. (2006). On quality in art and art therapy. American
Journal of Art Therapy.40(3), pp. 245-267.
Journal article retrieved from a database
An important finding from Meyer and Block (2004, p. 788) was that …
OR
It was found that … (Meyer & Block, 2004, p. 788).
Meyer, A., & Block, K. (2004). The tip of the tongue phenomenon. Memory
& Cognition. 20(2), pp. 756-791. Retrieved September 6, 2007, from
PsychARTICLES database.
Online (web)
The United Nations (2007) adopted and proclaimed …
OR
There are 30 articles … (United Nations, 2007).
United Nations (2007). Universal declaration of human rights. Retrieved
November 1, 2007, fromhttp://www.un.org/Overview/rights.htm
Newspaper/Magazine article
Kurtz (2007, p. 2) claimed that …
OR
The claim was made that … (Kurtz, 2007, p. 2).
Kurtz, J. (2007, December 13). Victory no matter what.TheHinchcliffe Times. p. 2.
Newspaper/magazine article online
Oakes (2007) is of the opinion that …
OR
It has been claimed that … (Oakes, 2007).
Oakes, M. (2007, November 30). Summing it all up. Martindale Times.
Retrieved December 15, 2007, from http://www.martindaletimes.com.au.
Quiz Section
Using the APA referencing convention, choose the type of source for each of the following from the drop-down menu underneath it.
1. Accounting Australia. (2008). Accounting information systems. Retrieved January 25, 2008, from http://aa.org/acau
2. Molina, Z. (2008). Plagiarism or failure to cite? Integrity, 20(3), pp. 45-60.
3. Irwin, B. (2008, February 1). Wildlife warriors. Environment. pp. 33-4.
4. Johnson, D. (2007). Making sense of humour. New York: Funnybones Press.
