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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.

In-Text

Follow the same format as for other sources.

 

Reference List

Author Name. (Conference Date/s). Presentation title [Type of presentation]. Conference name, Location.

Author Name. (Conference Date/s). Presentation title [Type of presentation]. Conference name, Location. DOI or URL

 

Baxter, M. (2008, March 23-25). How do dual working parents manage without childcare? [Paper presentation]. 9th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference, Perth, WA, Australia.

 

Levett, L. & McMahon, A. (2022, May 16-19). Adult literacy - the missing piece in the information literacy landscape [Paper presentation]. ALIA National Conference, Canberra, ACT, Australia. https://read.alia.org.au/adult-literacy-missing-piece-information-literacy-landscape

 

Note:

  • Include the names of all presenters.
  • Provide the full conference date (Year, month, day/s).
  • Describe the type of presentation in square brackets after the title, i.e. [Keynote address], [Conference session] [Paper presentation].
  • Provide the conference name and location in the publisher details.
  • For conference papers/proceedings published in a book or journal - treat like an edited book or edited book chapter or journal article.
  • If retrieved online include the DOI or URL.

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. 

 

If citing information from your lecture notes that is published elsewhere, it is best to find and cite the original source.

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)

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