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APA Referencing: Other Miscellaneous Sources

This Guide will help you to correctly reference your assignments using the APA style.

Other Sources

In-Text

Follow the same format as for government reports.

 

Reference List

Author Name. (Publication Year or n.d.). Brochure title [Brochure]. Publisher.

Author Name. (Publication Year or n.d.). Brochure title [Brochure]. Publisher. URL

 

Perth Clinic. (2011). Anxiety: Panic and phobic disorder [Brochure].

 

Department of Health and Aged Care. (2024). Adolescent vaccinations [Brochure]. Australian Government. https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/2024-09/adolescent-vaccinations-brochure.pdf

Note:

  • Where the author is also the publisher, omit the publisher details.

Print

When lecture notes are available only from the lecturer, or from someone who took notes during a lecture, reference these as a personal communication as these are not recoverable by others. 

Online

If your lecture notes/handouts are retrieved from Blackboard or any other Learning Management System – refer to the entry for Blackboard under the Online Resources tab.

MOBILE APP

In-Text

(Author Name, Year)

(Skyscape, 2013)

 

Reference List

Author Surname, Initial/s. OR Corporate Author. (Year of version used). Title of app (edition if relevant) (version) [Mobile app]. Publisher if downloaded directly from publisher website OR relevant App Store. URL

 

Skyscape. (2013). Skyscape medical resources (Version 1.17.42) [Mobile App]. App Store. https://www.apple.com/store

 

ENTRY IN A REFERENCE WORK APP

When using an entry in a mobile app reference work, follow the format for a chapter in an edited book and an online encyclopaedia to guide you in creating your reference. See entries in the Books & eBooks tab.

Any resource that cannot be retrieved by others is considered a non-recoverable source.  As these kinds of works are not retrievable, they are not included in a reference list. These are only cited as an in-text reference.

The kinds of works considered as personal communications include:

  • emails, verbal conversations, letters, live speeches, unarchived social media livestreams, intranet sources, and similar works.

In-Text

(Initial/s of communicator. Communicator Surname, personal communication, Month, Day, Year)

 

(K. Smith, personal communication, January 27, 2018)