LibGuides: Education Library: Referencing Guide 6th edition: Index & General Information

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About This Guide: Referencing Styles

This guide covers referencing support for APA 6th Edition

APA is the referencing style supported by the Faculty of Education, however in certain circumstances other referencing systems can be used (please check with your supervisor for clarification). Support for styles such as MLA can be found on the Cite them Right website.

Cite Them Right will also provide guidance for APA 7th Edition, for which an updated Faculty Referencing Guide is currently in progress.

Cite Them Right Access to examples of how to cite a wide range of sources, covering a range of referencing styles

How to format your reference list

The reference list must appear at the end of your text and should only include material cited within your work (it is not a bibliography of all works consulted)

The reference list should begin on a new page titled References

Each source you cite in the text must appear in the reference list

Each entry in the reference list must be cited in your text. In text citations are included in the word count.

References should be listed in alphabetical order

Multiple references by the same author should be listed in date order with the earliest publication listed first. Click here for further guidance

Multiple references by the same first author but different subsequent authors should be listed by surname in alphabetical order starting with the Lead author and then the second author. If the second author is the same, use the third author etc.

Sources by the same author(s) with the same publication date need to have the suffixes a,b,c etc after the date. This should be included in both the in-text citations and the reference list. Click here for further guidance

Single spacing is the Faculty's preferred format for the reference list (if using Zotero or Endnote, select the APA single space style option)

Only capitalise the first word of the title. For journal articles, capitalise each word of the journal title (excluding of, the etc) but not the article title

Retain the spelling used in the original source for direct quotes and in the reference list (e.g. colour/color)

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Education Library: Referencing Guide 6th edition: Index & General Information

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About This Guide: Referencing Styles

How to format your reference list