| 1. LECTURE NOTES AND HANDOUTS |
- These are treated like books if they are published, but like personal communication if they are your own notes or unpublished. Lecture notes are considered published if they have been copied and distributed in print or online with the instructor’s permission.
- If author’s name is unknown, move the title to the author position and use double quotation marks around the title in-text.
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| In-text |
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(Faculty/Author Surname, Year)
(“Document Title,” Year)
Examples:
The financial focus of … (Lewis, 2011).
… (“EDC1300 Course Notes,” 2011).
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Faculty/Author Surname, Initial. (Year). COURSE CODE Document title. University Location: University Name.
Examples:
Lewis, M. (2011). EDC1300 Perspectives in education: Course notes. Toowoomba, Australia: University of Southern Queensland.
EDC1300 Perspectives in education: Course notes. (2011). Toowoomba, Australia: University of Southern Queensland.
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| 2. CUSTOMISED PUBLICATIONS |
- Use the date for the customised publication.
- When citing page numbers, use the page numbers of the book of readings, not the page numbers from the original source.
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| In-text |
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(Author Surname/Organisation, Year)
Example:
The staff resource … (Mishkin & Eakins, 2012).
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Author Surname/Organisation, Initial. (Year). Reading Title. In Editor Initial. Editor Surname (Role), Course publication title (Edition, pp. Page range). Place of Publication: Publisher. (Reprinted from Source title, Edition, pp. Page Range, Source Publication Location: Source Publisher).
Example:
Mishkin, F. S., & Eakins, S. G. (2012). Overview of the financial system. In D. Pensiero & G. Adkins (Comps.), FIN8201 Finance for executives (pp. 55-75). Sydney, Australia: Pearson Australia. (Reprinted from Financial markets and institutions, 7th ed., pp. 55-75, Harlow, Essex: Pearson Education).
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| 3. RECORDED LECTURE |
- Direct readers as closely as possible to the information being cited.
- Only include retrieval date if content is likely to change over time.
- Whenever possible, reference specific documents rather than home or menu pages.
- If the item has no obvious author, start with the title.
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| In-text |
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Follow guidelines for citing a podcast.
(Author Surname, Year)
Example:
Reading strategies…. (Petersen, 2011).
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Author Surname, Initial. (Year, Month Day). Lecture Title: Subtitle [Format]. Retrieved from URL
Example:
Petersen, S. (2011). Classroom reading pedagogy: Reading strategies [Video podcast]. Retrieved from http://usqstudydesk.usq.edu.au/files.php/21642/Lecture_Reading_Strategies/index.htm
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| 4. OTHER ONLINE COURSE MATERIAL |
- Identify the source type and follow guidelines for that type.
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| 5. ONLINE COURSE READING |
- For readings redirected to websites, books, book chapters or journals, follow the guidelines for that source.
- Otherwise, follow the style for scanned or copied works that have “usqdirect.usq.edu.au” or “usqstudydesk.usq.edu.au” in the URL.
- If a DOI is evident, use that in place of the retrieval statement.
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| In-text |
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(Author Surname, Year)
Examples:
… displayed by many children (Arnold, 2001).
Tuczay (2005) states that…
Dafni’s research demonstrated (2007) …
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Author Surname, Author Initial. (Year). Article title. Journal Title, Volume Number(Issue Number), Page Range. Retrieved from USQ URL
Chapter Author Surname, Author Initial. (Year). Chapter title. In Author/Editor Initial. Author/Editor Surname, (Role abbrev.), Title (Edition) (pp. Page Range of Chapter). Retrieved from USQ URL
Examples:
Journal articles:
Arnold, T. (2001). Achieving playtime positives. Journal of Early Childhood, 5(4), 117- 121. Retrieved from https://usqdirect.usq.edu.au/usq/items/d6s66b-678m-bg7fe098-0as8807g32a8/1/arnold_2001_117.pdf
Book chapters:
Tuczay, C. (2005). Trance, prophets and diviners in the Middle Ages. In E. Pocs (Ed.), Communicating with the spirits: Christian demonology and popular mythology (pp. 215-233). Retrieved from https://usqdirect.usq.edu.au/usq/items/d6s66b511m-bg7f-e098-0as5507g32a3/1/Tuczay_2005_215.pdf
Online course reading with DOI:
Dafni, A. (2007). The supernatural characters and powers of sacred trees in the Holy Land. Journal of Ethnobiology & Ethnomedicine, 3, pp. 10-16. doi:10.1186/1746- 4269-3-10
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| 6. ONLINE FORUM OR DISCUSSION GROUP |
- If a full name is not available, use the account name.
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| In-text |
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(Author Surname, Year)
Example:
Smith (2018) suggests …
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Author Surname, Initial. (Year, Month Day). Re: Title of post [Online forum comment]. Retrieved from URL
Example:
Smith, J. (2018, April 1). Re: Module 2 discussion [Online forum comment]. Retrieved from https://usqstudydesk.usq.edu.au/m2/course/search.php?search=cms1000
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