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APA Referencing Guide: Other Sources

Other Sources

Brochures, pamphlets and flyers are following the same reference format.

Printed brochure 

Reference entry list
Corporate Author. (Year). Title of brochure in italics [Brochure]. Publisher. 

Alzheimer’s Association WA. (n.d.). Early onset of Alzheimer’s disease [Brochure]. Author.

In-text citation

(Corporate Author, Year)

(Alzheimer’s Association WA, n.d.) 

 

Online brochure from a website in a PDF 

Corporate Author. (Year). Title of brochure in italics [Brochure]. URL

Western Australia Indigenous Tourism Operators Council. (n.d.). Aboriginal bushfood and wildflower trails [Brochure].  (https://www.waitoc.com/application/files/5616/9389/2044/WAITOC_Wildflowers_brochure_2023.pdf

In-text citation

(Corporate Author, Year)

Corporate Author (Year) 

 

Note: The word Author is used if the publisher's name is the same as the author's name.

 

Personal Communications include private letters, memos, emails from unarchived sources, traditional knowledge or oral histories of indigenous groups, personal interviews, telephone conversations, live speeches, unrecorded classroom lectures, messages from unarchived discussion groups or online bulletin boards, and similar resources.

Personal Communications are not included in the Reference List, as these sources do not provide recoverable data. They are cited in the text only. 

In-text citation

(Initial(s). Author surname, personal communication, Month Day, Year)

The laboratory technician raised some concerns (G. Smith, personal communication, November 18, 2018) that...

Note: Provide the Initials and Surname of the communicator and the date.

 

Online Lecture Notes

Reference list entry

Author Surname, Initial. or Corporate Author (Year). Title of powerpoint in italics [PowerPoint]. Blackboard. URL

North Metropolitan TAFE. (2019). Introduction to research [PowerPoint]. Blackboard. https://blackboard.northmetrotafe.wa.edu.au

In-text citation
(Author Surname or Corporate Author, Year)
(North Metropolitan TAFE, 2019)

 

Physical Lecture Notes 

Reference list entry

​Author Surname, Initial. or Corporate Author (Year). Title of lecture notes [Lecture notes]. Publisher

Lewis, M. (2019). EDC1300 Perspectives in education [Lecture notes]. North Metropolitan TAFE.

In-text citation
(Author Surname or Corporate Author, Year)

(Lewis, 2019)

 

Reference list entry
Corporate Author. (Year). Title of chart [Chart]. Publisher.

Scientific Publishing. (2012). The lymphatic system [Chart]. Author.

In-text citation

(Corporate Author, Year)

(Scientific Publishing, 2012) 

Note: The word Author is used if the publisher's name is the same as the author's name.

 

 

Reference list entry

Author, Initials. (Year). Title of Thesis (Publication No.) [Doctoral dissertation, Name of University]. Database. URL

Koerner, I. L. (2002). Perceptions of teaching effectiveness of clinical nursing instructors as held by registered nursing supervisors, nursing faculty, and nursing college administrators (Publication No. 3084239) [Doctoral dissertation, University of New Orleans]. ProQuest Central. https://elogin02.dtwd.wa.gov.au/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/perceptions-teaching-effectiveness-clinical/docview/305514868/se-2?accountid=35887

In-text citation

(Author Surname, Year)

(Koerner, 2002)

 

Note: The Publication No. is sometimes listed as the Order No.

 

To cite traditional knowledge, include as much information in the in-text reference as you can. Important elements to include if possible are author, appropriate community, language, and date of correspondence. 

For oral histories do not provide an end of text reference. 

Use this citation only when a recoverable source is not available, for example: 

  • Cultural expressions: Language, stories, song lines, music performance, visual arts, craft, architecture, designs, and symbols.
  • Knowledge: Know how practices, skills, and innovation (agricultural, scientific, technical, ecological, medicinal, and biodiversity). 

* Due to the cultural diversities in Aboriginal societies, oral histories will vary depending where on country they originate from. For example traditional stories from the Kimberly will differ from traditional stories from South West of WA.*

In-text citation

Parenthetical citation: "For the Yamatij people of Midwest WA, the spritual being Bimara is the creator of mankind and the world." (Trevor Martin, Yamatij, Oral Tradition, Traditional Knowledge, Personal Communication, February 23, 2024) 

Narrative citation: According to Trevor Martin (Yamatij, Oral Tradition, Traditional Knowledge, Personal Communication, February 23, 2024) "for the Yamatij people of Midwest WA, the spritual being Bimara is the creator of mankind and the world."