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LRSN : APA Referencing: Other Sources

Referencing other sources of information

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Reference List/end-text example

Acts of Parliament

Western Australia’s Occupational Health and Safety Act 1984

 

Name and date of the act are italicised. 

Acts of Parliament
 
 Occupational Health and Safety Act 1984 WA, s29.
 
 
 
Name and date of the act are italicised. If referring to a particular section of the act, include the section number of act (eg. s29).

Brochure/Pamphlet

Alzheimer’s Association WA (n.d.) notes that a confirmed diagnosis …

Brochure/Pamphlet
 
 
Alzheimer's Association WA. (n.d.) Early onset of Alzheimer's disease [Brochure].
      Shenton Park: Author.
 

 'Author' is used if the publisher's name is the same as the author's name.

DVD

(American Psychological Association, 2000)

DVD

American Psychological Association. (Producer). (2000).
      Responding therapeutically to patient expressions of sexual attraction[DVD].
      Washington, DC: Author. 
 
 
'Author' is used if the publisher's name is the same as the author's name.

Learning guide with an author

Palmer explains that “people do not move straight from infancy to adolescence” (2004, p. 21).

Learning guide with an author

Palmer, S. (2004). Develop knowledge of human growth    
      and development across the lifespan: Learning resource.    
      Bunbury: South West Regional College of TAFE.
 
 

Lecture material : non-print (eg. whiteboard, notes, lecture statements)

In a lecture (Contribute to the general nursing care of a client) presented at Central Institute of Technology, Mt. Lawley, on April 30, 2010, Jane Citizen explained that …

Lecture material : non-print (eg. whiteboard, notes, lecture statements)

Not included in the reference list.

Personal communication

The overseas practicum raised some concerns (S. Young, Personal communication, 16 July, 2004) that …

Personal communication

Not included in the reference list.

Standard - assessed from SAI Global database

(Standards Australia, 2007)

Standard - assessed from SAI Global database 

Standards Australia. (2007). Wiring rules (AS3000: 2007). Retrieved

Television Broadcast

(Carmichael, 1999)

Television Broadcast

Carmichael, A. (Executive producer). (1999, November 8). Emission
impossible. Four corners [Television broadcast]. Sydney: ABC Television.