AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION (APA)

REFERENCING STYLE GUIDE

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REFERENCING

ACADEMIC HONESTY AND PLAGIARISM

ABOUT THE APA STYLE

IN-TEXT CITATION: REFERENCING SOURCES WITHIN THE TEXT
REFERENCE LIST
Example of a reference list:
References
ONLINE AND PRINT REFERENCES

SHORTENING URLS

REFERENCING SECONDARY SOURCES

DIFFERENT WORKS OF THE SAME AUTHOR NAME
BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTERS

SINGLE AUTHOR

TWO AUTHORS

THREE TO TWENTY AUTHORS

TWENTY ONE OR MORE AUTHORS

GROUP AUTHOR

NO AUTHOR

EDITED BOOK
CHAPTER, ARTICLE OR SECTION IN A BOOK

CHAPTER OR ARTICLE IN AN EDITED BOOK

E-BOOK AVAILABLE VIA LIBRARY DATABASE

E-BOOK AVAILABLE VIA THE INTERNET (E.G. KINDLE BOOK) WITH NO DOI
JOURNAL ARTICLES, NEWSPAPER ARTICLES AND CONFERENCE PAPERS

JOURNAL ARTICLE (PRINT VERSION)

JOURNAL ARTICLE (FROM LIBRARY DATABASE)

MAGAZINE ARTICLE (FROM THE INTERNET)

ARCHIVED JOURNAL ARTICLE (FROM LIBRARY DATABASE)

ARCHIVED NON-ENGLISH JOURNAL ARTICLE TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH
(FROM A DATABASE)

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE (VIA PRINT OR LIBRARY DATABASE)

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE (FROM THE INTERNET)

ARCHIVED NEWSPAPER ARTICLE (FROM LIBRARY DATABASE)

PROCEEDINGS OF MEETINGS AND SYMPOSIUMS, CONFERENCE PAPERS

SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS
OTHER MATERIALS

AUDIO RECORDING
AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS

BROCHURE

REPORT (ONLINE)
IMAGE ON THE INTERNET

LECTURE (UNPUBLISHED) / PERSONAL COMMUNICATION

PODCAST EPISODE (FROM THE INTERNET)

THESIS
VIDEO RECORDING, TELEVISION BROADCAST OR EPISODE IN A SERIES

VIDEO (FROM THE INTERNET)

WEBPAGES AND WEBSITES

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WEBPAGE ON A NEWS WEBSITE

WEBPAGE ON THE INTERNET, ORGANISATION AS AUTHOR

WEBPAGE ON A WEBSITE, INDIVIDUAL AUTHOR

WEBPAGE ON A WEBSITE, NO DATE

WEBPAGE ON A WEBSITE, CONTENT LIKELY TO CHANGE

ONLINE SOCIAL MEDIA

WEBSITE