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=Lecture Notes:= Created by: USQ Faculty Librarians

Why Reference?
acknowledge the work of others give your work credibility and reliability demonstrate that you have read and considered the relevant literature validate points that you have made follow academic writing standards avoid plagiarism You should become familiar with the University’s Regulations regarding Plagiarism http://www.usq.edu.au/plagiarism/infostud/default.htm

In a List of References
Blicq, R & Moretto, L 2004, Technically write, 6th edn, Pearson/Prentice Hall, New Jersey. Emadi, A (ed.) 2005, Handbook of automotive power electronics and motor drives, Dekker/CRC Press, New York.

Citing in text
Blicq and Moretto (2004) illustrate in their book the importance of…. OR Technical reports can be written (Blicq & Moretto 2004) in the …

Quotations
Schnoor (1996, p. 553) notes, ‘there are various processes in the terrestrial and aquatic environment that can neutralise or enhance the acidity of the precipitation’. It has often been stated 'Engineers are vital to the survival of the planet' (Stewart 1982, p. 6).

Paraphrasing
Different processes on the earth’s surface and in the water can affect the acidity of rainfall (Schnoor 1996). Stewart (1982) constantly reminds us that for the survival of the planet, engineers are vital.

Referencing a book
Author’s Surname, Author’s Initials (no space in between) Year of Publication, Book Title (in italics), Edition (if any), Publisher, Place of Publication. Author Year Title Dym, CL 2004, Engineering design: a project based introduction, 2nd edn, Wiley, New York. Edition Publisher Place of publication

Referencing a book section
Author’s Surname, Author’s Initials (no space in between) Year of Publication, Section ‘Title‘ (in single quotation marks), Edition (if any), in Editor(s) (of the book, followed by (eds.), Title of the book (in italics), Publisher, Place of Publication. Author Year Section title Editors Liu, R 2005, ‘The DRACULA dynamic network microsimulation model', in R Kitamura & M Kuwahara (eds.), Simulation approaches in transportation analysis: recent advances and challenges, Springer, New York. Publisher Place Book title

Referencing a journal article
Journal Article Author’s Surname, Author’s Initials (no space in between, Year of Publication, ‘Title of the Article’ (in single quotation marks), Title of the Journal (in italics), volume, number (or issue), pages. Authors Year Article title

Gibberd, R, Snow, PT, Rice, PG & Patel, NB 1991, 'Nuclear power at what price?', The Bulletin, vol. 113, June 4, pp. 51-5.

Journal title Volume Issue Pages Referencing a journal article from a database Journal Article in Electronic Database Author’s Surname, Author’s Initials Year, ‘Article Title’, Journal Title, volume, issue, paging if given or indication of length, viewed day month year, Name of database service Name of database, item number (if given). Author Year Article title Journal title Southworth, M 2005, ‘Designing the walkable city', Journal of urban planning & development, vol. 131, no. 4, p. 246-257, viewed 23 November 2005, ASCE American Society of Civil Engineering Journals. Date viewed Volume, issue, pages Database name

Referencing a Web Document
Author/editor or compiler Year of the most recent version, Title, version number (if applicable), description of document (if applicable), name and place of the sponsor of the source, viewed Day Month Year, . Anderson, J (Minister for Transport and Regional Services) 2000, CASA approves avgas contamination test, media release, 23 January, Department of Transport and Regional Services, Canberra, viewed 7 February 2000, .

How do I reference a Web site?
The State of Queensland (Department of Natural Resources and Mines) 2005, NR&M, Brisbane, viewed 24 November 2005, . The Body Shop Australia 2003, The Body Shop Australia, Mulgrave, Victoria, viewed 24 November 2005, .

Citing within the text
SmartMaps (NR&M 2005) display current information on Queensland property boundaries, valuations and sales data.. This chain prides itself on its policy of refusing to sell products that are tested on animals (The Body Shop 2003).

Referencing an Image
In your list of figures enter the full details as follows Figure 1: Australian Bureau of Statistics 2001, Population densities in Toowoomba (2000), viewed 24th November 2004, CDATA 2001: Census of population and housing. Figure 1: Population Densities in Toowoomba (2000) Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics (2001) Referencing a Table Table 1: Primary interest in the management of contaminants stratified by activity type In your list of figures enter the full details as follows: Table 1 : Newham, LTH, Cuddy, SM, Vertessy, RA & Jakeman, AJ 2004, Informing the design of catchment contaminant cycle modelling – a survey of end-user needs. CSIRO Land and Water Technical Report 11/04. CSIRO Land and Water, Canberra. Source: CSIRO Land and Water (2004)

Referencing a Conference paper
Stone,T, Alena, R & Johnson, M 2004, 'IP telephony for interplanetary exploration', IEEE Proceedings of the Aerospace Conference, IEEE, Moffett Field California, vol. 2, pp.1217-1230 In their analysis of IP telephony Stone, Alena and Johnson (2004) found that ….

=Reference List= Blicq, R & Moretto, L 2004, Technically write, 6th edn, Pearson /Prentice Hall, New Jersey. Dym, CL 2004, Engineering design: a project based introduction, 2nd edn, Wiley, New York Emadi, A (ed.) 2005, Handbook of automotive power electronics and motor drives, Dekker/CRC Press, New York.

Liu, R 2005, ‘The DRACULA dynamic network microsimulation model', in R Kitamura & M Kuwahara (eds.), Simulation approaches in transportation analysis: recent advances and challenges, Springer, New York.

Southworth, M 2005, ‘Designing the walkable city', Journal of urban planning & development, vol. 131, no. 4, p. 246-257, viewed 23 November 2005, ASCE American Society of Civil Engineering Journals.

Stone,T, Alena, R, Johnson, M 2004, 'IP telephony for interplanetary exploration', IEEE Proceedings of the Aerospace Conference, IEEE, Moffett Field California, vol. 2, pp.1217- 1230.

Style manual for authors, editors and printers 2002, 6th edn, Wiley, Australia. The State of Queensland (Department of Natural Resources and Mines) 2005, NR&M, Brisbane, viewed 24 November 2005, . Additional Links and Reference Sources

USQ Library Online Guides to Referencing Referencing online sources http://www.usq.edu.au/library/infoabout/ref_guides/harvardonline.htm Referencing print and audiovisual sources http://www.usq.edu.au/library/infoabout/ref_guides/harvard.htm

CQU Library Referencing Guide http://www.library.cqu.edu.au/finding/compass/organise/referencing.htm

Curtin Uni Library Referencing Guide http://library.curtin.edu.au/referencing/harvard.html

Published Guides Style manual for authors, editors and printers 2002, 6th edn, Wiley, Australia. Smith, B & Summers, J 2004, Communication skills handbook : how to succeed in written and oral communication, 5th edn, John Wiley & Sons Australia, Milton, Qld.