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When you have finished your essay or assignment, acknowledge the sources in which you found your information by using either a reference list or a bibliography. A reference list includes all the information necessary to identify and retrieve each work (books, journals etc.) you have referred to in the text. In contrast, a bibliography includes works for background or further reading as well as those you have referred to in the text. Arrange entries in alphabetical order, according to the surname of the first author.

A book with one or more authors [Style Manual, p.192-193]
Include the name of every author responsible for the text:

Farrier, D, Lyster, R & Pearson, L 1993, The environment law handbook: planning and land use in New South Wales, 3rd edn, Redfern Legal Centre Publishing, Redfern.

Groups as authors [Style Manual, p.192-193]
Works attributed to an institution, a corporation, or other organisation are listed under the name of the group. Abbreviations may be used (see Referencing within the text):

CSIRO 1990, The effects of fishing, CSIRO, East Melbourne.

Anonymous works [Style Manual, p.197]
Anonymous works are listed in alphabetical order by title. The words 'anonymous' or 'anon' should not be used.

Editors, compilers, translators, etc. [Style Manual, p.195]
Where the role of editor, translator, compiler, etc. is paramount, list works under that person's name, using the abbreviations 'ed.', 'trans.', 'comp.', etc. as appropriate:

Walker, KJ (ed.) 1992, Australian environmental policy: ten case studies, New South Wales University Press, Kensington.

Component part by one author in a collection [Style Manual, p.202]
The title of the component (e.g. chapter in a book, conference paper) is enclosed in quotation marks and only the first word and any words that normally have capitals are capitalised:

Vanoli, A 1998, 'Modelling and accounting work in national and environmental accounts', in K Uno & P Bartelmus (eds.), Environmental accounting in theory and practice, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Hingham, MA.

Edition of book [Style Manual, p.196, 201]
The edition number is cited only if the book is not the first edition. Edition number is placed after the title.

Thompson, J 2000, Mammals of Australia, 3rd edn, Nelson, Melbourne.

Journal articles [Style Manual, p.204-206]
Include volume, issue, and page numbers (as appropriate):

Thomas, Peter A 2000, 'A tree's old age', Natural History, vol. 109, no. 4, p. 96.

Newspaper articles [Style Manual, p.206]
Use the same method as for journal articles, but replace the volume and series information with the day and month:

Bui, M 1998, 'How conservation became a real give away', Sydney Morning Herald, 30 March, p. 5.

Conference papers [Style Manual, p.207]
Use the following format:

Saunders, DA, Hopkins, AJM & How, RA (eds.) 1990, Australian ecosystems: 200 years of utilization, degradation and reconstruction: proceedings of the Ecological Society of Australia, Surrey Beatty & Sons, Chipping Norton.

Videos and Movies [Style Manual, p.229]
Indicate the format (video recording or motion picture), and include special credits (e.g. Script by...)

Ecotourism: an experience with nature, 1994, video recording, Video Education Australasia, Bendigo. Written, directed and produced by Ben Cropp.

Internet and Websites [Style Manual, p.230]
Use the following format:

Author/editor Site date, Homepage Title, Name and place of the sponsor or the source, viewed access date, URL.

National Research Center for Statistics and the Environment 2000, NRCSE, University of Washington, viewed 17 May 2000, <http://www.nrcse.washington.edu/default.asp>.

 

Source: Style manual for authors, editors and printers, 2002, 6th edn, John Wiley, Milton, Qld.