Distance Learning Support Kit: Welcome

Unless your lecturer specifies otherwise, the written work that you submit at university will require a reference list. This is located at the end of your assignment or report and is a complete list of the various books, journals, internet sites you used. The UQ Library web site contains up to date information on referencing styles. These can be found at http://www.library.uq.edu.au/infoskil/styles2.html. For Gatton students, an adapted style of Harvard referencing can be found at http://www.library.uq.edu.au/gatton/useits/harvard/HarvardGatton.pdf.

All reference lists need to be arranged in alphabetical order and include all the bibliographical details of the publication.

Books

For books this means:

Author's surname(s) + given name(s) (or initials) + date of publication + book title + publisher + place of publication.

Example

Dallis, S.E (2000) Animal biology and care, Blackwell Science, Oxford.

Journals

For journals this means:

Author's surname(s) + given name(s) (or initials) + date of publication + article title + journal title + volume/number + page numbers.

Example

Perkins, D.N., E. Jay, & S. Tishman (1993) "Beyond Abilities: A dispositional theory of thinking", The Merril-Palmer Quarterly, 39/1: 1-21.

Chapter within a book

If you need to reference a chapter within a book this means:

Author's surname(s) + given name(s) (or initials) + date of publication + chapter title + book title + book author's name(s) + publisher + place of publication.

Example

Harrington, L (2003) "Detecting melanoma in horses" in The treatment of disease in equines, (ed.) J. Harper, Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Internet sites

Referencing internet sites in your reference lists will depend on the information you can gleam from the sites themselves. For example, if you are listing an internet site that has an author it would appear as follows:

Author's surname(s) + given name(s) (or initials) + date of publication + article title + journal title + URL + date accessed.

Example

Shannon, J., & Vinzant, P (1999) 'Maximum-likelihood estimates of racehorse earnings and profitability,' Journal of Agribusiness,17/1 at: http://www.agecon.uga.edu/~jab/abst-s99.htm. Accessed 15/1/04.

NOTE: You need to include the date when you accessed an internet site in your reference lists as these sites can change very quickly and there is often no way of knowing when information was posted on them.

For an organisation's site this would mean:

Organisation's name + URL + date accessed.

Example

TotalPak at: http://www.totalpak.net/. Accessed 16/1/04.