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APA Referencing Guide: Other Sources

Other Sources

Brochure, pamphlet, and factsheet are following the same reference format.

Note:

When the author is also the publisher, omit the publisher name from the reference

For print material, omit the URL

Printed brochure 

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

Alzheimer’s Association Western Australia. (2024). Early onset of Alzheimer’s disease [Brochure]. 

In-text citation

(Corporate Author, Year)

(Alzheimer’s Association Western Australia, 2024) 

OR

Corporate Author (Year) 

The Alzheimer’s Association Western Australia (2024) recommends that ...

Online brochure or pamphlet from a website in a PDF 

Corporate Author. (Year). Title of brochure in italics or pamphlet [Brochure OR Pamphlet]. Publisher Name. URL

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

In-text citation

(Corporate Author, Year)

(Western Australia Indigenous Tourism Operators Council, n.d.)

OR

Corporate Author (Year) 

Western Australia Indigenous Tourism Operators Council (n.d.) found that ...

 

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.

 

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)

 

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

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

 

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 (provide as exact a date as possible)

 

 

Thesis from database

Reference list entry

Author Surname, Initial(s). (Year). Title of thesis in italics (Publication No. if available) [Doctoral dissertation or master's thesis, Name of University]. Database Name. 

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. 

In-text citation

(Author Surname, Year)

(Koerner, 2002)

 

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