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How to Format Citations and References

How to Format Citations ! If you are referring to a whole work (book/

article/webpage): ! Conway (2000) in his book on object oriented perl

states..... OR ! A well known author of object oriented perl

techniques states that.....(Conway 2000). ! If you are only referring to a specific page

(usually for a direct quote or specific discussion of an idea): ! It is claimed that "object oriented perl is

fantastic" (Conway 2000, 32).

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How to Format Citations ! If there are two authors:

! Other models have been constructed for the Furness Abbey (Delooze and Wood 1991)....

! If there are multiple (more than two) authors: ! This paper (Codish et al, 2000) discusses the theory of

improving program analyses using a variety of methodologies.

! If there are no authors (shorten the title if it is too long, but make sure it is still clearly identifiable): ! This article ("New wireless LAN vulnerabilities uncovered"

2001) claims that....

How to Format References: ! Books:

! The information needed for the reference list is written in the following order: ! Author's surname and initials or given name ! Year of publication (in brackets) ! Title of book (in italics if word processed; underlined if handwritten) ! Edition, if given ! Publisher ! Place of publication

! Examples: ! Conway, D. (2000), Object oriented perl - A comprehensive guide

to concepts and programming techniques, Manning Publications Co., Connecticut, USA.

! Jezequel, J.M., Train, M. & Mingins, C. (2000), Design patterns and contracts, Addison Wesley Longman Inc., Reading, USA.

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How to Format References: ! Journal articles:

! The information needed for the reference list is written in the following order: ! Author's surname and initials or given name ! Year of publication (in brackets) ! Title of article (in quotation marks) ! Title of journal (in italics if word processed; underlined if handwritten) ! Volume number ! Issue number, if given ! First and last pages of article

! Examples: ! Codish, M., Marriott, K. & Taboch, C. (2000), "Improving program

analyses by structure untupling", Journal of Logic Programming, vol. 43, no. 3, pp. 251-263.

! Meyer, B. (2000), "A constraint-based framework for diagrammatic reasoning", Applied Artificial Intelligence, vol. 14, no. 4, pp.327-344.

How to Format References: ! Web site - known author:

! The information needed in the reference list is written in the following order: ! Author/editor's surname and initials or given name ! Date (in brackets) ! Title of page (in quotation marks) ! Title of site ! online (in square brackets) ! Available: URL ! Accessed Date (in square brackets)

! Example: ! Johnston, J. (2000, Aug. 21), "Damian Conway talks shop",

Perl.com Newsletter [online], Available: http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2000/08/conway.html [Accessed 8 August 2001].

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How to Format References: ! Web site - no author:

! The information needed in the reference list is written in the following order: ! Title of page (in quotation marks) ! Date (in brackets) ! Title of site ! online (in square brackets) ! Available: URL ! Accessed Date (in square brackets)

! Example: ! "New wireless LAN vulnerabilities uncovered" (13 August

2001) The Age [online], Available: http://it.mycareer.com.au/breaking/2001/08/13/FFXS2W25BQC.html [Accessed 14 August 2001].

How to Format References: ! E-journal article:

! The information needed in the reference list is written in the following order: ! Author's (Authors') surname and initials or given name ! Title of article (in quotation marks) ! Title of journal in full (in italics if word processed; underlined if handwritten) ! online (in square brackets) ! Volume ! issue or part ! first and last pages of the article ! Available: URL ! Accessed: Access date (in square brackets)

! Example: ! Codish, M., Marriott, K. & Taboch, C. (2000), "Improving program analyses

by structure untupling", Journal of Logic Programming [online] vol. 43, no. 3, pp. 251-263, Available: http://ezproxy.lib.monash.edu.au:2048/login?url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/07431066, [Accessed 14 August 2001].

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How to Format References: ! Newspaper article:

! The information needed in the reference list is written in the following order: ! Author's (Authors') surname and initials or given name ! Year (in brackets) ! Title of article (in quotation marks) ! Title of newspaper in full (in italics if word processed; underli

ned if handwritten) ! Date (eg. day month, 30th March) ! page number (eg. p.5, pp. 2-3)

! Example: ! Jackson, A. (2003), "Killer illness sweeping region sparks

alert", The Age, 17th March, p. 1.