12. Theses and dissertations

a) Unpublished

b) Retrieved from a database

c) Retrieved from the web

• Use ‘available from’ when the URL leads to information on how to obtain the cited material, rather than to the material itself.

(Author Surname, Year)

Example:

a) In his data structures thesis … (Swinton, 1984).

b) In a recent study … (Murray, 2008).

c) Recent studies (McDonald, 2007) suggest …

a) Author Surname, Initial. (Year). Title of thesis (Type of Thesis). Name of Institution issuing degree, Location.

b) Author Surname, Initial. (Year). Title of thesis (Type of Thesis). Retrieved from Name of database. (Accession number if available)

c) Author Surname, Initial. (Year). Title of thesis (Type of Thesis, Institution issuing degree). Retrieved from URL

Example:

a) Swinton, M. A. (1984). Family stress in phenylketonuria (Unpublished master’s thesis). University of Auckland, New Zealand.

b) Murray, B. P. (2008). Prior knowledge, two teaching approaches for metacognition: Main idea and summarization strategies in reading (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses. (AAT 3302116)

c) McDonald, J. (2007). The role of online discussion forums in supporting learning in higher education (Doctoral dissertation, University of Southern Queensland). Retrieved from https://eprints.usq.edu.au/3588/2/McDonald_2007_whole.pdf